WHITED TUMMY

A-Kerr's Bengal cats established 1989

white underside

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WHITED TUMMY

terminology

Asian leopard cat white

This is the crisp "blue" white with black spotting.

Base of hair

Refers to looking at the base of hair at the skin

Blue white

This is a bright and vivid white. A "blue" white is the "natural light" light bulb rather than the regular light bulb. The color is crisp, pure.

cream white

also called yellow white... this is not the same sort of crisp white.

pattern of white*

*This white must have pattern.

There appears to be several different patterns that white can be expressed in:

	The Asian leopard cat white (Alc) begins from the mouth, goes down the neck, throughout the tummy, apparent on the sides, on the inner legs down to the feet, and up the tail.
	Hourglass: much like an hour glass shape when looking at the tummy. Wider at the top and narrowing in the middle to widen again through the abdominal area.

whited expression

whited tummy*

perhaps better terminology "white underside"

refers to the white underside of the cat with pattern of black.

black spotted pattern with white underside

this runs from the necklaces down through the abdominal area through and down the legs. Pattern is black on the Alc. (?is it always black on the Alc?)

How to identify?
pink / flesh toned nose, lips	This HAS to be done early, for the tone changes at about ten days.
paw pads flesh toned at birth
spectacles are white	*there are exceptions
photos of the tummy, comparison of whites side by side	may depend on the camera and photography
white from chin through tummy
same SHADE of white on tummy as on chin

Hypothesis: White underside in the Asian leopard cat and other small and large cats is for camouflage while in trees.

Examples: Note if the photos used are not with your permission and are your photos... please let me know right away! I do not want to use anyone's photos incorrectly and this site is only intended to educate. IF you have some photos you would like included, please email them to me at libbiekerr@akerrsbengals.com Thanks.

1a	1a F1 sent shows white undersid, note light around eyes, markings up forehead and pawpad coloring.	1b
	1b F2 shows white underside and white markings between eyes.
1c	1c Fourth generation note white on chest begins to have spotting lower than 1a above. Spotted pattern appears to be mainly in mid section.	1d
	1d fifth generation note: flesh tone color of nose leather
1e	1e whited underside does not seem to go through the necklaces.	1f
	1f 1g 1h 1i These SBT sisters are out of a whited to non-whited mating (the rest of the litter lost their white by about 12 weeks). Pictures are current at 5 months of age. Their nearest ALC ancestry traces back to Centerwall in the 80s.
1g		1h
1i