If a spotted Bengal bred with a pure white Persian, what do you think the offspring would look like? You dont here of bengals cross-breeding often but could you imagine a spotted longhair cat!
I actually wrote the same but decided not to post it! Persian = flat face, small ears, round eyes, very short tail, cobby body. The complete opposite to a Bengal! You'd want an MCO or NFO as a pair up!Originally Posted by Kai Bengals
A bengal/persian mix is IMO a horrible pair up. Body and Face structure is so disimilar. I'm not promoting or advocating this, but a Maine Coon would be a much better choice.
But you don't need to cross any breeds to get a spotted Persian, it's just the spotted tabby pattern.Originally Posted by keith p
Spotted Persian, something like what I imaged if they crossed.
What if you bred a bengal with the long haired gene to a lynx point himalayan? Would that give more of a cross that op wants since lynx point is a tabby gene?The gene that causes an all-white persian to be all-white is known as the white-masking or "W" gene. This gene is like a bucket of white paint; if a cat has even one copy, the cat will look completely white. Genetically speaking, the cat could have any other color underneath that "white paint."
There is another gene that would cause a cat to have white, and that is the Seychelles/Piebald or "S" gene. If the cat has one copy of the gene, it could have anything from little white mittens to a tuxedo pattern. If the cat has two copies, it will be anything from a bi-color to a van--where the color is only on the cats head and tail. This gene is completely different from the white masking gene.
A white persian bred to a bengal would make all shorthaired kittens (SH is dominant) and depending on how many copies of the W gene the persian had, either half or all of the litter will be completely white (W is dominant)
Half of the kittens would be shorthairs. All will be tabbies. Now, Im not sure which is dominating; spot over mackerel?? One of these will tend to dominate.What if you bred a bengal with the long haired gene to a lynx point himalayan? Would that give more of a cross that op wants since lynx point is a tabby gene?
Probably none will be longhair. As shorthair x longhair gives normally shorthair. Unless the shorthair happens to be a carrier of the longhair gene. Some few percentage of bengals are longhair, so there MAY happen the longhair gene. IF so, half of the kittens will be long half shorthair.If a spotted Bengal bred with a pure white Persian, what do you think the offspring would look like? You dont here of bengals cross-breeding often but could you imagine a spotted longhair cat!
A lynx point Himalayan is not necessarily mackerel... it could have any tabby pattern, including spotted.Half of the kittens would be shorthairs. All will be tabbies. Now, Im not sure which is dominating; spot over mackerel?? One of these will tend to dominate.