Bengal
- Life span: 10 to 16 years
- Weight: 8 to 17 pounds
- Origin: the United States
Despite their wild appearance, the Bengal cat breed is a domestic feline with a loving personality, although their ancestor is the wild Asian leopard cat. In fact, their name comes from the Asian leopard cat from Bengal – Felis bengalensis (which is the scientific name proposed by Robert Kerr in 1792).
The Bengal was an accidental result of a cross between the Asian leopard cat and a domestic shorthair. Jean Mill – the creator of the breed, had a leopard cat and a domestic shorthair to keep her company and, to her surprise, they mated. Mill thought that these two felines couldn’t mate because they came from different worlds.
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