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Quad Grand Champion Akerrs Quint Essential SBT 020800 006
DOB February 8, 2000
Quint has been HCM tested and the doctor said he is 100% FINE! It was amusing when the study began, the doctor had a very confused look on his face as he listened with the stethoscope. I, of course, am thinking... "Oh my gosh, what is he hearing!" ... after a while the doctor laughed. "I think I heard a beat or two between the purring, but I cannot tell."
"Quint" is a brown marble tabby Bengal cat. He is the son of SGC Akerrs Laser Light and Jungletrax Libbieration of Akerrs. I am going to take this opportunity to answer the what, how, and why of a marble Bengal cat.
What is a marble tabby?
To understand what a marble tabby is it is easiest to think in terms of flow that effects pattern that lies on top of the agouti background coloring of the tabby cat. A marble tabby is not to have vertical flow like the mackerel striping on the domestic cat, nor circular flow like the bulls-eye pattern of the classic tabby. Think of pattern being influenced by flow ... and notice that when looking at photos of non-domestic cats such as the ocelot, Asian leopard cat, and others, the flow is horizontal... from head to tail. This directional pull is what makes the spotting or lines of the pattern either: mackerel, classic, or for lack of a term, "non-domestic".
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mackerel tabby vertical on body |
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classic tabby bull's-eye Effect on body |
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"non-domestic" tabby horizontal flow |
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The How of a Marble Tabby...
The marble is a combination of the larger pattern lines of the classic that is very strongly effected by the flow of the non-domestic genes. So we have something that is not truly a classic tabby, yet it is not a spotted... in the sense of the Asian leopard cat ancestor. It is something different. I think of it in terms of the King Cheetah or the Clouded leopard... large blocks of color and lines that create a uniquely different look.
The Bengal cat brings a new set of genes to felis catus, the domestic cat. These genes are combining in ways that are not expected always and bring new information and new questions to color genetics. As of now, we can only speculate... my own speculation is that flow of pattern is one set of genetic combinations... the overlying pattern another.... and breaking the pattern into segments, spots, and coloring is another. What I have observed is once pattern flows to the horizontal if it is selected for and becomes what I see as homozygous, then it breeds true.
All of this is fun... which explains the Why of the marble... plus, just look at Quint for a WHY?
Now, onto Quint Essential. (click on thumbnail photos to see larger versions)
Quint had a photo-shoot day! We have four videos of him romping and playing outside that are included here...So, let's critique Quint. His pattern is pulled to the horizontal, it has large blocks of color that were black when he was a kitten, but as he matures, the swirls of color are rufusing and showing much more of the yellow/red tones. He has a very, very light underside, a good length of body and substantial boning.
His ears could be a little smaller, but heh, no one's perfect!
Personality wise... he is incredible!
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These are younger photos of Quint... showing his patterning and coloring... notice how the pattern moves back toward you... his colors will intensify with age. Click thumbnail for larger photo.
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Pedigree
| Quad Grand Champion Akerrs Quint Essential SBT 020800 001 brown marble tabby dilute gene | Supreme Grand Champion Akerrs Laser Light SBT 061795 007 brown spotted tabby recessive: marble no others exhibited in multiple breedings! | Supreme Grand Champion Akerrs Simmer On SBT 033193 001 brown spotted tabby recessive: blue whited tummy | Quad Grand Champion Belltown RazzMaTazz of Akerrs SBT 031492 001 brown spotted tabby recessive blue |
| Gogees Reshay of Akerrs COT 11190 005 brown spotted tabby recessive: blue, long hair | |||
| Akerrs Wild Thing SBT 040691 011 brown spotted tabby no recessives revealed | Millwood Rajin Cajun COT 041587 012 brown spotted tabby recessive: blue, seal lynx | ||
| Kendar Sheyra of Akerrs COT 031190 012 brown spotted tabby no recessives revealed | |||
| Jungletrax Libbieration of Akerrs C3T 112597 015 brown spotted tabby recessive for glitter, marble , dilute | Supreme Grand Champion Akerrs Tejay Son Spot SBT 112592 001 brown spotted tabby recessive for blue, seal lynx, self | Supreme Grand Champion Gogees Tejay of Akerrs SBT 010491 009 brown spotted tabby throat locket recessive for: blue, long hair | |
| Gogees Reshay of Akerrs COT 11190 005 brown spotted tabby recessive: blue, long hair | |||
| Jungletrax Revelation B2T 053196 019 brown spotted recessive for marble other recessives unknown by me | Joykatz Jettsetter of Jungletrax SBT 011795 016 brown spotted recessive for marble, other recessives unknown by me | ||
| Lionsmountain Garbo of Bengalpalace A1T 021791 017 brown spotted recessives unknown by me |
See below for Asian leopard cat connection at 4th generation....
| Lionsmountain Garbo of Bengalpalace A1T 021791 017 brown spotted recessives unknown by me | Art Deco 00T 031690 017 Asian leopard cat |
| Lionsmountain Cara A0T 061670 012 Brown spotted recessives unknown by me |
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