Breed Comparisons - Bengal | World Cat Congress

Bengal

Breed Name	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal	Bengal
Recognition status	full	full	full	full: brown (black) spotted brown (black) marbled snow spotted provisional: snow marbled preliminary: black silver spotted black silver marbled silver snow spotted silver snow marbled	full	Full Challenge Status confirmed for full Register Exhibits only. Provisional Register Bengals may be displayed at shows, but are not eligible to compete.	full	full	full
Breed code	BEN	none	75, 76	BEN	BEN	BEN	BEN	BG	none
Allowable outcrosses	none	none	none	none	none for brown and snow Bengals black silver spotted American Shorthairs for black silver Bengals and silver snow Bengals only	none	none	within breed group, no unknowns	none
Recognised colours	brown (black) and black silver in spotted, marbled, sepia, mink and lynx point	spotted and marbled pattern in brown, sepia, mink, seal lynx point and black silver	brown (black) tabby - rosetted/spotted, marble) black silver tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) blue tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) blue silver tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) brown (black) charcoal tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) black silver charcoal tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) blue charcoal tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) blue silver charcoal tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble) seal lynx point (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) seal mink tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) seal sepia tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue lynx point (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue mink tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue sepia tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue silver lynx point (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) seal silver mink tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) seal silver sepia tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue silver lynx point (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue silver mink tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal) blue silver sepia tabby (rosetted/spotted, marble, charcoal)	spotted and marbled pattern in brown (black), seal sepia, seal mink point and snow	recognized at preliminary level - blue spotted & marble, blue silver spotted & marble, blue snow spotted & marble (both blue-eyed and aoc-eyed) blue silver snow spotted & marble (both blue-eyed and aoc-eyed)	brown leopard spotted snow leopard spotted black silver tabby seal silver sepia tabby brown marble patterned snow marble patterned seal silver lynx tabbypoint seal silver mink tabby	brown tabby brown blue-eyed snows brown sepia / mink	brown tabby seal sepia tabby seal mink tabby seal lynx point black silver tabby seal silver sepia tabby seal silver mink tabby seal silver lynx point spotted or marbled patterns only	brown spotted tabby brown marbled tabby seal spotted lynx-point seal marbled lynx-point seal sepia spotted tabby seal sepia marbled tabby seal mink spotted tabby seal mink marbled tabby
Breeding restrictions		Non-silver progeny of silver cats may not be exhibited, except as part of a litter containing at least 1 silver kitten, and may only be used for breeding with silver cats. They are designated as ‘silver Bengal variants’. No blue dilute (dd) Bengal of any colour is recognised: should such a kitten appear in a litter it may not be registered, bred from or exhibited even as part of a litter. The parents of the litter, and all subsequent progeny of either parent to have their pedigree certificates marked as carriers/potential carriers of the unwanted gene.		Novice* cats are not permitted. Cross-breeding with Bengals is not permitted. Bengals of generations F1–F4 are not allowed for breeding. *A novice is a cat without registration papers which may be shown in a special class in order to gain breed recognition	All Bengals registered with the GCCF from (June 2016) may be registered on the Active Register, at the breeder’s request, only if: 1. They themselves have been genetically tested as normal (N/N*) for both PRA Band PK def. or 2. Both parents have been tested normal (N/N) as in A1 or 3. They are from parents deemed normal (N/N) because of the results from the testing (as in A1) of cats on every pedigree line in previous generations. Pedigree line in this case refers to both parents or 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents and so on, or any combination of the same which is inclusive of both the sire’s and dam’s ancestors. NB Condition A3 applies only when the ancestors are recorded on the GCCF computer. Imports onto the register must comply with either A1or A2. ie the submission of the test certificate(s) is required with the application for registration, or the import will be registered on the Genetic Register.	Most breeders enforce some breeding restrictions for the well being of the breed.
Special notes	Only F4 + allowed into Australia.				Non-agouti progeny of Bengals shall be registered on the Reference Register as no recognised breed and are not acceptable in the pedigrees of Bengals. Longhaired progeny of Bengals shall be registered on the Reference Register as no recognised breed and are not acceptable in the pedigrees of Bengals. Any Bengal which produces longhaired progeny shall be overstamped "Carries the long hair gene". Their shorthaired progeny and subsequent generations shall be overstamped "May carry the long hair gene".