Black Bengal Melanistic Tiger

The black melanistic bengal cat.

Black bengal melanistic tiger. The colors of the background and the pattern are the same on a melanistic bengal. The pictures of of the broad black striped tigers have left animal lovers on the internet spellbound. This gives the animal a completely black appearance and is the opposite of albinism. Solid black bengals a a agouti genes have black patterns on a black ground color that remind us of the melanistic color variant of leopards and jaguars.

Unlike most melanistic big cats which have shadowy patterns visible from certain angles this jet black individual had no appearance of striping. A bengal cat carrying the melanistic gene is a cat that has received only 1 copy of the gene. This is a color that has a black background with faint dark brown black spotted pattern which can sometimes only be seen in natural sunlight. A dead black tiger was reported south of assam in 1928 but the skin was too decayed to be saved.

There should be extreme contrast distinct shapes and well defined edges between the marks. Rather they are bengal tigers with what is known as pseudo melanism. Melanistic tigers are rarely found in the world. We currently breed for this color.

A jet black tiger with no visible markings was apparently shot in assam india in 1915. Melanistic is a phenomenon characterised by excessive black pigments in animals. The increased development of the dark colored pigment melanin in the skin and hair of an animal is called melanism and is the opposite of albinism. Pure melanism refers to a large amount of black pigmentation of the hair fur feathers eyes and so on.

In the above photo album is a picture of melanistic jaguars for your reference. Increased development of melanin pigment in the body causes black stripes. Black tigers are like white tigers not a unique subspecies. A black bengal should have a very dark black with some markings that can range from dark grey to black.

Melanistic tigers were born purely due to genetic reasons. Just like albinism results in stunningly white animals melanism can create all black animals that are so beautiful it s hard to believe they re real. The shere khan has stripes that are broader and thicker than those of normal tigers. Not all black the.

The melanistic bengals should have ghost tabby markings and rosettes are a sight to behold besides every other trait should be black except the eyes.