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Bengal cat
Bengal cat (foreign name: bengalcat) has a wide and modified wedge-shaped head and a rounded outline. The head shape is longer and wider. The head is slightly smaller in proportion to the body, but should not be exaggeratedly small.
The skull forms a gentle curve behind the ears and slides down to the neck. The jawbones of adult male cats are broad. The overall head should have a wilder appearance than other breeds of domestic cats.
From a zoological point of view, the "Bengal cat" and the "leopard cat" are not the same animal. The Bengal cat is a pet cat, while the leopard cat is a wild and wild cat. However, many people prefer abbreviations, but when it comes to pets, these two names refer to the same species, and they both refer to Bengal cats.
The following Boqi.com will introduce to you a detailed description of the Bengal leopard cat:
Overall description
The purpose of the leopard cat breeding program is to breed a Domestic cats - have the physical characteristics of Asian leopard cats, but have the docile and reliable temperament of domestic cats. The ocelot is an athletic animal, alert to its surroundings; friendly, curious and confident, with qualities of strength, agility, balance and elegance. This is a medium to large sized cat that displays muscular beauty and a slender body. The ocelot's protruding muzzle, wide, nearly round eyes, and somewhat small head give it a wild appearance. Its concave side profile is smooth and nearly straight, and its relatively short ears with wide bases and rounded tips add to the uniqueness of this cat. Its short, dense coat has a unique soft and silky feel. Its coat may or may not have glimmers, but it is quite beautiful regardless of whether it has glitter or not. The thick, low-hanging, medium to long tail adds to its balance and beauty.
Ears
Medium to small, with broad base and rounded tips. Viewed from the side, the tips of the ears should point forward. Light feathering is acceptable, but serval-like ear tips (too much feathering) are undesirable.
Eye
Oval, very close to round. The eyes are set widely apart, slightly tilted toward the base of the ears. Eye color has no correlation with fur color. The thicker and darker the eye color, the better. Chin
A strong chin that is in line with the top of the nose when viewed from the side.
The mouth
The mouth is full and wide, with a large and conspicuous muzzle and high and prominent cheek bones.
Nose
Large and broad; the skin is slightly loose.
Contour
The forehead forms a gentle curve all the way to the bridge of the nose without any interruption. The bridge of the nose extends outward beyond the level of the eyes; the outline of the bridge extends to the end of the nose, forming a slight, nearly straight, concave curve.
Neck
Long, strong and strong; in perfect proportion to the body.
Body
Trunk
Long and strong, not oriental or foreign. Medium to large.
Legs
Medium length, hind feet slightly longer than front feet.
The soles of the feet
are thick, round, and have prominent joints.
Tail
Medium length, slender, with a rounded tapered end.
Bone structure
Strong and strong; never feeling delicate.
Muscles
Very strong - especially males, which is one of the important features of their appearance.
Coat/Color/Pattern
Length
Short to medium length. Kittens are allowed to have longer coat (down).
Touch
Dense and gorgeous, rare soft and silky touch.
Spotted
There are two types of spots (spotted) or marble (marble - the introduction of marble is omitted in this article).
Spots are spots scattered randomly, or arranged in a horizontal pattern. The rose (details introduction) pattern shows two or three obvious colors or gradients (the so-called rose pattern means that the color of the spots shows changes in different shades of color layers - the outer color is darker and the center color is lighter, And make it look as beautiful as a rose), some rose patterns take on the shape of footprints or arrow clusters. Rose patterns are more popular than money-shaped spots (that is to say, spots that are round or semicircular in shape like a rose pattern with gradual tonal changes are better than single-point shapes like money). The contrast between the rose pattern and the coat background must show an obvious pattern and clear lace. A white belly is preferred. Stripes on the shoulders, spots on the legs and spots or rosettes on the tail are preferred. The belly must be spotted. Translator's Note: Generally, breeders classify spots into two categories - money-shaped spots and rosettes. Money-like spots usually refer to the leopard patterns like those of a cheetah, little by little without any change in color. Rose pattern can also be expressed as "rosette" - it is also a spotted pattern, which refers to a larger circular or semi-circular or irregular circular shape like a leopard's leopard pattern. The edges of these circles are darker in color and become lighter toward the center of the circle, showing different color changes, just like a rose with changes in color layers, so it is called "rosette" (rose pattern). In TICA's standards, "rose pattern" scores higher than "money-shaped spots"!
Colors
TICA officially recognizes three types: "gold", "snow" and "silver".
Note: Because the silver color was not included in the leopard cat standard promulgated by TICA in 2004, it is omitted.
Golden Leopard
All variations of brown are permitted; however, warm reddish brown is preferred. The color of the markings varies from brown to black. The chin, abdomen and inner legs are preferably white.
Snow leopard
There are different variations such as ivory jade (Seal-Sepla), mink jade (Seal-Mink), ivory blue 鑚 (Seal-Lynn-Point).
Translation note: Simply put, snow leopard refers to a leopard cat that is "white with a touch of brown or milk color", and its body markings are less obvious (the markings are various changes of brown). Snow leopards can be classified into three types (ivory jade, mink jade and ivory blue). Both ivory jade and ivory blue have ivory-like coat background colors, but the difference between the two is that ivory jade has an emerald-like green color. Eyes, while ivory blue has sapphire-like eyes. As for mink jade, it is similar to ivory jade. The only difference is that the background color of its coat is a bright and light brown that is close to snow white, just like the color of mink. . People who don’t know it easily think of snow leopards as “silver leopards”, but the white color of “silver leopards” is quite white (influenced by the dominant silver gene), and the markings are also quite obvious (dark black), and the color of the markings ( The black and white contrast between the dark black) and the silver coat background (bright white) is quite obvious.