TOTAL HEAD General shape, nose, muzzle and teeth, forehead, chin, placement and shape of the ears, neck. EYES Shape, placement and colour. BODY Size, shape, torso, shape of legs and feet, shape and length of the tail. COAT Texture and colour Pattern and colour CONDITION
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CONDITION Perfect physical condition, well balanced physically and temperamentally. REMARKS General: Bengals should be confident, alert, curious and friendly cats. Coat: a mousy undercoat should not be penalised. FAULTS Head: Oriental type of head. Coat: much darker point colour (compared to colour of body markings) on Snow Bengals, Seal Sepia and Seal Mink Bengals. Spots on body running together vertically forming a mackerel tabby pattern. Circular bull's eye pattern on marbles. Long or coarse coat. DISQUALIFICATION Belly: not spotted. Paw pads: not all of the same colour. Not consistent with their colour group description. Tail: tail tip not black for colour varieties n 22/24. Tail tip not dark seal to sable brown for colour varieties 31/32/33.