Bengal cats are a hybrid (mixed) breed of house cat.

They are genetic duplicates of Tahini, a female Bengal cat who made the trip with them, but in a separate carrier.

Bengal Cat may refer to:

Other breeds are created from domestic breed outcross or, in the case of the Bengal cat, domestic outcrosses with wildcats.

He is an avid Glasgow Celtic fan and has a Bengal cat called Jackson.

(Bengal cats originate from hybridization of leopard cats and domestic cats.

Unlike other spotted cats such as the Ocicat or Bengal cat, the Egyptian Mau is a natural breed.

Bengal cats have "wild-looking" markings, such as large spots, rosettes, and a light/white belly, and a body structure reminiscent of the leopard cat.

Her Bengal cats, lap-sized versions of their wild cousins, were penned up while she hunted for two tiny, escaped sugar gliders, Australian tree animals.

Since the late 1960s - when the Bengal cat was developed through hybridization of Asian Leopard cats and domestic cats - it has gained huge popularity.

For the typical pet owner, a Bengal cat kept as a pet should be at least four generations (F4) removed from the Leopard Cat.

The Asian leopard cat (P. b. bengalensis) is often mated with a domestic cat to produce hybrid offspring known as a Bengal cat.

After years of selective breeding, the Bengal cat typically weighs between 10 and 20 pounds, has a feral head, medium ears and a very muscular long body like a wildcat's.

Bengal cat, a cross between the Asian leopard cat and the domestic cat, one of many hybrids between the domestic cat and wild cat species.

Most Bengal cats used in Serengeti breeding programs are many generations removed from these origins and possess few genetic contributions of the wild forbear except alleles affecting coat color.)

The developer, Related Companies, happens to be Mr. Harrison's landlord at Manhattan Plaza, where he and his Bengal cat, Caruso, live in an apartment on the 46th floor.

The name "Bengal cat" was derived from the taxonomic name of the Asian leopard cat (P. b. bengalensis), and not from the more distantly related Bengal tiger.

A link has recently been found between Bengal Cats (a similar hybrid) and HCM; there are cases that indicate that HCM may also be a reoccurring health issue in servals.

A Bengal cat, which is produced by breeding a Leopard Cat with a house cat (usually another Bengal cat), is permitted as a pet without a license.

The British government agency, DEFRA, has proposed revising regulations under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 to remove licensing requirements for keeping of Bengal cats in the United Kingdom.

The Bengal cat is usually either classed as brown-spotted or snow-spotted (although there are more colours, brown and snow are the only colours of Bengal that the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (UK) recognize).

WHILE Jane Lee, a breeder of Bengal cats, sipped tea in the kitchen of her family's 1790 homestead here, Mogs, a Bengal, suddenly jumped up on the counter top, strolled over to the sink, turned on the water and took a drink.

"The value of the Bengal cat," said Elaine Burke, the director of an endangered species wildlife center in Salem, Conn., "is to persuade people to purchase a look-alike exotic domestic cat, which has the feel of the wild without taking something out of the wild."