This Kitty Reminds Me Of A Bengal, What Do You Think?

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She definitely isn't a pure bred. She's a rescue I'm fostering. She's a major lap cat with the weirdest meow I've ever seen with a very interesting body build. Very long and strong. My cat scanner app always screams Bengal but I know she wouldn't have all that white and stuff and plus she's a foster haha. But maybe a mix with a European shorthsir ? What do you think ?
 

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Her classic tabby whirls are less usual. So she perhaps has a granddad whom was half bengal. So to speak. But no very recent connection. :)

Nice gal!
 

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Not really seeing anything Bengal about her, she is beautiful though!!
 
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Not really seeing anything Bengal about her, she is beautiful though!!
It was just her marbling coloration that made me consider it, also the spots on her back legs. Also her personality. Def. like not pure bred AT ALL but her coloration was pretty.
 

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I'm no genetics expert but if white is, or can be, a dominant gene in cats, that might explain the white with the really cool markings.
Whatever she is, she shouldn't be a foster for long :)
 
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I'm no genetics expert but if white is, or can be, a dominant gene in cats, that might explain the white with the really cool markings.
Whatever she is, she shouldn't be a foster for long :)
She's a foster pair with me. I like her she's a sweet heart but with 7 other cats she's not comfortable at all. Mostly because the 3 legged cat is.. Literally scarier to her. Not my dog. Not my main coon. But a 3 legged small cat.
 

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I'm no genetics expert but if white is, or can be, a dominant gene in cats, that might explain the white with the really cool markings.
Whatever she is, she shouldn't be a foster for long :)
Yes, white is a very dominant gene in cats, something of a master gene re coloring and pattern... Both all white gene and white spot gene. She has the white spot gene - and thus - does have white spots...
 
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