This is a Bengal Cat that I saw at the show this weekend and asked the owners to bring in for me to shoot. They are friends, and this cat is nephew of one of my cats. She is just stunning. She is genetically a seal mink spotted but this color is often referred to as "charcoal mink" or "charcoal snow". They are not very common and the genes that cause the markings to be much darker than normal is not completely understood, although there are a few theories.