In 1997, the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) accepted Bengal cats. Bengals gained championship status in 1991. In 1983, the breed was officially accepted by The International Cat Association (TICA). In 1970, Mill resumed her breeding efforts and in 1975 she received a group of Bengal cats that had been bred for use in genetic testing at Loma Linda University by Willard Centerwall. Bengals as a breed did not really begin in earnest until much later. She made the first known deliberate cross of an Asian leopard cat with a domestic cat (a black California tomcat). Jean Mill of California is given credit for the modern Bengal breed. The earliest mention of an Asian leopard cat × domestic cross was in 1889, when Harrison Weir wrote of them in Our Cats and All About Them.
They are an energetic breed that needs much exercise and play. The breed's name derives from the leopard cat's taxonomic name.īengals have a wild appearance their golden shimmer comes from their leopard cat ancestry, and their coats may show spots, rosettes, arrowhead markings, or marbling. It is then usually bred with a breed that demonstrates a friendlier personality, because after breeding a domesticated cat with a wildcat, its friendly personality may not manifest in the kitten. The Bengal cat is a domesticated cat breed created from a hybrid of the Asian leopard cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis), with domestic cats, especially the spotted Egyptian Mau. A female Bengal Cat with tricolored rosettes and a clear coat.Įgyptian Mau, Abyssinian, and others (domestic) Asian leopard cat (wild)įeline hybrid ( Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis)
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