A Bengal cat's coat is the moneymaker, so you'd think grooming would be necessary, but like most cat breeds, Bengal cats don't need much coat care. Short-haired Bengal cats don't shed much.

Bengal cats generally live between 12-16 years, making them one of the longest living cat breeds. They are generally a ...

Stock image. Bengal kittens laying down on the carpet. A litter of Bengal cats sunbathing as melted hearts online. Getty Images. According to The Spruce Pets, Bengal cats are a hybrid developed by ...

Bengal cats are a hybrid breed created in the 1960s by crossing domestic cats (Felis catus) with Asian leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis), a small spotted wild cat species from Asia.

But after sequencing 947 Bengal cat genomes, they found something surprising: There were no parts of the wild Asian leopard cat genomes that were found in all Bengal cats.