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Bengal cat

origin: United States · 7 figures in the corpus · Q42583

Every figure below carries this breed's name or id in its source study -- grouped by what it measures, not ranked. A breed appearing under a study here does not mean every other breed was tested and came back negative; it means this is what has a named source so far. See each figure's own page for its caveats.

Longevity

8.51 years (life expectancy at age 0) verified

Bengal: years (life expectancy at age 0) (Teng KT, O'Neill DG, Brodbelt DC, Church DB, Pegram C)

  • Study sample n=73.
7.3 years (median age at death) verified

Bengal: years (median age at death) (O'Neill DG, Church DB, McGreevy PD, Thomson PC, Brodbelt DC)

  • Study sample n=15 (small sample; treat the estimate as imprecise).

Breeding

4.95 mean kittens per litter verified

Bengal: mean litter size (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=19 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.
10.5 percent of litters by caesarean section verified

Bengal: caesarean-section rate (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=19 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.
23.4 percent cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks verified

Bengal: cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks, stillbirths included (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=19 litters.
  • Small breed sample; treat as imprecise.

Bodyweight

3.5 kg (adult bodyweight, Wikidata P2067) verified

Bengal cat: adult bodyweight

  • Wikidata mass is sparse and its own sourcing varies by item; treat as indicative, not a veterinary measurement. See bodyweight-vetcompass-* figures for breeds with a clinical-cohort measurement instead.

Category (FIFe)

3 FIFe category (1-4, coat/morphology grouping) verified

Bengal (BEN): FIFe Category 3

  • Category is a coat/morphology grouping FIFe itself uses, not a ranking (1=lowest number, 4=highest, no ordinal meaning).