The Cashmere has medium length hair. The texture should be dense, soft and luxurious. The longer length cat coat comes from a recessive gene introduced in the early days of development when the Bengal were cross bred with mixed breed cats, Egyptian Mau (shorthair), and Himalayan cats These are pointed Persian cats and therefore long haired. The long haired gene may have also come from the recessive long haired gene in the Abyssinian cat - a long haired Abyssinian is a recognized breed, the Somali cat.

There have also been alleged crosses the Bengal cat and American Bobcats to produce a wildcat hybrid. Also Bengals mating with the American Lynx is alleged.
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