Snow Bengals genetics and photos, four colors of snow Bengals, seal lynx, seal mink, and seal sepia and silver.>

SNOW BENGAL COLOR DIVISIONS

Snow Bengals resemble exotic Snow Leopards, and are the most exotic looking of all Bengals. The Seal Lynx Snow Bengal Cat, has inherited the genetics of its stunning blue eyes from the Siamese genes, and brings to mind visions of the endangered Snow Leopard from an austere environment in the mountains of Central Asia. Our little Seal Lynx and Seal Mink Bengal Cats remind us of those beautiful wild cats, and it's with them in mind that we dedicate these pages to the Snow Leopards of the wild.

There are four color in the snow Bengals:

Seal Lynx (Traditional) Spotted, or Seal Lynx Marble Tabby Bengal Cat
(F3 Greenmansions Serenade)

Snow Bengal blue eyes

The Lynx Bengals' signature is incredible deep bue eyes due to the inheritance of the albino genes. Their body color is white to cream, and their markings are tan to brown. The tail tip should be black. Extreme contrast of pattern and depth of blue eye color in the Lynx Bengals are very desirable but difficult to atain traits. (The eye color in these photos has not been enhanced.) (Traditional) Seal brown is a dark brown just like in a Seal Point Siamese. While Seal Lynx Bengal kittens may appear very light when born, or even white, ghost spotting will appear in a week or so; however, it isn't unusual to see lynx kittens born with obvious pattern. It sometimes can take several months before final blue eye color develops. Sometimes we'll DNA test to determine a kitten's true color.
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Seal Mink (Traditional) Spotted or Marble Tabby
(F4 RW DGC Greenmansions Othello)

Similar coloring as the Lynx Bengal, but darker markings per the standard; aqua eyes in accordance with the present Bengal Standard for this color class. Othello has excellent depth of color for aqua! The Mink is described as a combination of the Lynx and Sepia Bengal, and also darkens with age. Since Othello is only a year old in this photo, even though he is a Mink, he is not yet as deeply contrasted as Seal Lynx Serenade.

Seal Sepia Marble and Spotted Tabby Bengals, SBT's

The Seal Sepia is the darkest of the three colors in the color class. The sepia color seems to have been inherited from a Burmese cat that was used early in the making of the Bengal breed, or perhaps another cat that happened to be a carrier. Thank you Pat of OhMyCats for an example of an exquisitely contrasted and patterned sepia male.

LEFT to RIGHT: TGC Bagheera Godiva Ripple (of OhMyCats); and RW QGC CoolSpots Blizzard of Tatsu--at 10 mo. of age (Tatsu Bengals). Thank you for such superb examples of Sepia Bengals! Note the beautiful gold eyes on Blizzard, which is preferred, and his lighter coat which will darken with age.

The Seal Silver Lynx Bengal is one of the newest colors in the breed accepted for championship. The silver inhibitor gene tends to make the background color clear. This kitten is Greenmansions Asteria of StarAngel Bengals. Seal Mink and Seal Sepia Bengals may also inherit the silver genes.

Greenmansions Ashes of Roses, Seal Lynx Bengal