Originally her intent had only been to produce a domestic spotted bengal cat.
Cat marbled fur.
Domestic seal point tabby cat by cassie j originally posted to flickr as troubles this version from wikimedia commons.
There s one of the oldest domesticated breeds the egyptian mau and also the ocicat brown spotted manx.
It was due to the overwhelming popular demand of cat show judges and audiences clamoring to see this amazing marble kitten in madison square garden and all over the country that jean mill began campaigning to add the marbled pattern to the bengal breed standard.
His owner recalls the moment he met the cat.
There are other spotty and marbled pedigree breeds too so let s look at the spotty ones first.
Scrappy was sitting on his own and though he was cute we didn t think others would regard him to be as cute as his siblings.
The marbled cat is similar in size to a domestic cat but has rounded ears and a very long tail that is as long as the cat s head and body.
Regular tabby cats can have spotty or marbled fur too here s our very own robbie cat showing off his spots.
Back in 1997 a man named david bought a black kitty not knowing that one day it will get marble like fur.
Robbie s spotty tummy.
I made the decision to take scrappy as i knew he would be the last one to be taken if at all david told the meow post.
But even if your cat shows all of the above there are other domestic breeds that exhibit these traits too.
The ground colour of its long fur varies from brownish grey to ochreous brown above and greyish to buff below.