the snow bengal
the snow bengal
The snow bengal can be found in different "shades", namely there are 3 types of snow the lynx, mink & sepia. The seal lynx The seal lynx bengal comes from the Siamese. This variant is therefore known for coming into heat early (in unsterilized females) and vocal, as with the Siamese. These snowflakes are born (almost) completely white. The drawing is sometimes only slightly present and develops further when the cat gets bigger. The development of the colors will first become visible, such as with the point markings, the ears, nose and tail and legs. The coat develops slowly until they are over 1 to 1.5 years old. The seal lynx is the only coat color known for their beautiful blue eyes that they retain as they get older. In combination with a seal lynx, a sepia kitten can never 'create'.
The seal minkThe seal mink bengal (carries 1 x siamese 1 x burmese) The mink is a mixture of the snow varieties seal lynx and the seal sepia. The mink has a visible pattern from day 1. Although it can sometimes be light, it is already there. This is lighter in color than the sepia bengal but darker than the seal lynx. A mink has blue-green eyes. The mink carries both snow genes, so you can create all three snow colors in combination with this snow variety. You cannot "wear" or "pass on" the color mink genetically. It is the Siamese-Burmese combination that makes the cat a mink.
The Seal Sepia The Seal Sepia Bengal (from the Burmese) This snow variety is the darkest of the three. The sepia immediately has a beautiful visible coat pattern at birth. The sepia Bengal often has smaller ears and beautiful green or gold/copper colored eyes. A sepia bengal can never get a seal lynx and never has blue colored eyes.
Genetics of the snow bengal
The heredity The snow gene is inherited resessively, which means that the coat color only becomes "snow" when the cat has received 2 x the snow gene from the parents (1 via father, 1 via mother). If the cat has only received 1 snow gene, it will have a different coat color (brown or silver) but will carry snow. The 3 types of snow are created by 2 different genes as mentioned earlier. The Siamese gene and the Burmese gene. A seal lynx is created because 2 x the Siamese gene is passed on from the parents to the kitten. Both parents are therefore seal lynx or seal lynx carriers. The seal lynx gene is indicated by "cs". The sepia bengal arises because 2 x the Burmese gene is passed on through the parents to the kitten. So both parents are sepia or sepia carriers. The sepia gene is indicated by "cb". The mink is created by the combination of the 2 genes above. The mink therefore has both the cs (lynx) and the cb (burmese) gene. Mother father = kitten cs/cs (lynx) cs/cs (lynx) always seal lynx cb/cb (sepia) cb/cb (sepia) always sepia cs/cs (lynx) cb/cb (sepia) always mink cb/ cs (mink) cb/cs (mink) seal lynx or seal mink or seal sepia cs/cs (lynx) cb/cs (mink) seal lynx or seal mink cb/cs (mink) cb/cb (sepia) seal mink or seal sepia It therefore depends on what kind of gene the parent gives / can pass on to determine what color the kitten can be. Mother (gives) father (gives) = kitten cs cs --> cs/cs = seal lynx cs cb --> cs/cb = seal mink cb cb --> cb/cb = seal sepia cb cs - -> cb/cs = seal mink A nice scheme where you can see at a glance what the possibilities are is this Colorpoint - C locus. It often happens that bengals are carriers of one of the snow colors. To know for sure what a cat is wearing, you can test by means of a DNA test. There are different results. C/C = full color , does not carry snowC/cs = carrier of the seal lynx genC/cb = carrier of the sepia gencs/cs = a seal lynxcs/cb = a minkcb/cb = a sepia
