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Bengal Cat Info
ASIP Discordance
by CFA BAOS Presentation 2022


These two cats are littermates produced from a melanistic Jaguar father and lion mother

Nov 09, 2022

ASIP Discordance

ANIMAL GENETICS
Charcoal Seal Lynx and Brown Charcoal siblings
8 Open Access Creative Commons
Short Communication
Who's behind that mask and cape? The Asian leopard cat's Agouti (ASIP) allele likely affects coat colour phenotype in the Bengal cat breed
LC. Gershony, M. C. T. Penedo, B. W. Davis, W. J. Murphy, C. R. Helps, LA. Lyons
First published: 20 August 2014 Full publicatory

These two cats are littermates produced from a melanistic Jaguar father and lion mother. The dark cat is phenotypically similar in coloration to a charcoal Bengal. Because the Lion and Jaguar are likely to have an ASIP unique to their species, there was discordance in the amount of black pigment to be produced, creating the charcoal looking animal. It is not a true melanistic animal but not fully colored either.

Left to right, Seal Mink spotted, Charcoal Seal Mink Spotted and "Solid" Seal Mink spotted littermates

  • CHARCOAL BENGAL
  • SPOTTED PATTERNS
  • ROSETTED NON-CHARCOAL BENGAL PATTERNS
  • MARBLED
  • CHARCOAL IS PRODUCED BY THE COMBINATION OF A DOMESTIC CAT NON-AGOUTI GENE AND AN ASIAN LEOPARD CAT AGOUTI GENE
  • CONVENTIONAL TABBY FACE MARKINGS
  • SPOTTED PATTERNS
  • ROSETTED
  • MARBLED

CHARCOAL BENGALS HAVE LITTLE OR NO RUFOUSING AND ARE DARKER AND GREYER THAN OTHER BENGALS. THEY ARE GREY-TONED RATHER THAN WARM BROWN TONED THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A "ZORRO MASK AND A CAPE (WIDE DARK DORSAL REGION) CHARCOAL BENGAL FACE MARKINGS "ZORRO MASK"
Charcoal illustration by Sarah Hartwell, messybeast.com
 

 

 

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