About Bengals

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The ancestry of the Bengal cat derives from a spotted domestic cat and a small wild spotted feline called the Mainland leopard cat or Prionailurus bengalensis (scientific name).The Bengal’s wild progenitorThough many people call them “Asian Leopard Cats” (ALC), technically, the exact species name is “Leopard Cat” Prionailurus bengalensis.
Several subspecies of these little spotted felines have been described, and they range from 3 to 20 pounds in weight. 
Being small predators, they are right in the middle of the food chain, and are shy, nocturnal and afraid of humans and larger predators which have been hunting them for centuries.
You can find more informations about Leopard cats below, but I also wrapped the basics into this beautiful infographic. Check it out.

Distribution and habitat
Leopard cats are indigenous to a large part of southern Asia. They can be found in agriculturally used areas, deep jungles and forested habitats from southern India eastward through Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and into Russia’s Far East.
Recently, Leopard cats from the Sunda Islands, such as Sumatra, Borneo, Bali, Java, and the Philippines have been recognized as a separate species, the Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis).
Based on genetic studies two subspecies of the Mainland leopard cat are tentatively recognised:

• Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis in South Asia from Pakistan to China and probably the Malay Peninsula.
• Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus (Amur Leopard Cat) in Russian Far East, Manchuria, Taiwan, Iriomote Island and Tsushima Island.

Hunting and diet
They are known to eat mostly small birds, rodents, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects in the wild. Some of them occasionally venture into farmyards to prey on domestic chickens.
It’s been said that when ALCs attack and kill their victims, they go straight in for the kill rather than playing with their prey as if they were toys. But there is little data to support or disprove this.Copyright BengalCats.co &  Emmanuel Keller See Full article and learn more here 
https://www.bengalcats.co/asian-leopard-cat-felis-bengalensisLearn more about Asian Leopards Click here to read this article by  Wild Cats MagazineAbout the breed Information about Bengals: we are gathering more information for the topics below.