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SNOW BENGALS
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UPDATED 05_01_2012
Snow Bengals resemble exotic Snow Leopards, and are the most exotic looking of all Bengals. The Seal Lynx Snow Bengal Cat, with its stunning blue eyes, brings to mind visions of the great cat--the endangered Snow Leopard from an austere environment in the mountains of Central Asia. Our little Seal Lynx 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)

The Lynx Bengals' signature is incredible deep blue 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.
(The eye color in these photos has not been enhanced.) (Traditional) Seal brown is a dark
brown as 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, today we tend 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 whether the kitten is a lynx or mink before eye color matures.
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This cat is RW GRC Greenmansions Othello (a seal
mink rosetted Bengal with stunning aqua eyes) and is an excellent example of a rosetted Seal Mink Snow Bengal.
(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 intense 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.
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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.
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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