About Bengals
The
Bengal cat makes a wonderful family pet. Bengals are very intelligent,
entertaining and most of all loving. They're great with kids and adults
and usually good with other family pets. Some Bengals even enjoy playing
in water. Health and nutrition requirements
are the same as domestic house cats. Bengals are a medium to large size cat.
Bengals love to play they wil even lead you to your normal play area.
Some bengals will even fetch. Bengals are a great companion they will
greet you at the door just like a dog would.
Origin of the Bengal
The Bengal cat first began with the breeding of an Asian Leopard cat (ALC),
to a domestic cat. (Some of the early cats used were Indian and Egyptian Maus
and non pedigreed domestic cats) The first three generations are considered
Foundation cats. The fourth generation and so on are SBT Bengals.
Example
F-1 ALC parent bred to a Bengal/Domestic Shorthair Parent
F-2 F1 parent bred to a Domestic Bengal (The ALC is the grand parent)
F-3 F2 parent bred to a Domestic Bengal (The ALC is the great grand parent)
F-4 F3 parent bred to a Domestic Bengal (The ALC is the great great grand parent)
What does
a Bengal Look like?
There are 2 different patterns for Bengals, Spotted and Marbled. Spotted Bengals,
like little leopards, have darker spots on a lighter back color. With spotted
you want to look for high contrast and good "acreage" or distance between spots.
Some spotted Bengals also have rosettes. Rosettes are spots with a second color,
usually between the base color and spot color, either filling the center of
the spot, like a doughnut, or in an arrowhead or paw print shape. Marbled Bengals
have a look that appears swirled or marbleized. This pattern should have a
horizontal flow and look like chocolate swirled onto the base color.
TICA Currently recognizes these colors of Bengals for showing:
Brown, Seal Lynx Point, Seal Mink, and Seal Sepia. The brown bengal both spotted
and marbled will have spots ranging in color from cinnamon to brown to black
on a lighter back color ranging from tan to light brown to golden brown. Seal
Lynx Point (blue eyes), Seal Mink (green or aqua eyes), and Seal Sepia (green
or gold eyes) can be both spotted and marbled. All three are commonly refereed
to as snows, either snow leopard or snow marble. All three should have a silver/white
to ivory to cream base color with contrasting spots ranging in color from gray
to black.
There are also some other colors that are not part of the official
Breed standard Including blue or black.
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Last Updated: November 28, 2005