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The wild beauty of the Bengal, wrapped in a coat of silk.

Luxury • Elegance • Distinctively Bengal

The Cashmere Bengal is the long-haired expression of the Bengal cat, combining the breed’s distinctive wild-inspired appearance, intelligence and engaging personality with a beautifully soft, flowing coat.

Elegant and unmistakably Bengal, the Cashmere offers a remarkable variation of the breed we know and love.

The Cashmere Bengal is the long-haired expression of the Bengal cat — with the same distinctive Bengal character, colours and patterns beneath a beautifully longer coat.

A Cashmere Bengal is a long-haired Bengal cat. The longer coat occurs through inherited longhair genetics that can be carried unseen through generations of short-haired Bengals. When the appropriate genes are inherited from both parents, a Cashmere kitten can be born — while remaining a Bengal.

A Bengal in Every Respect

The easiest way to understand a Cashmere is to think of it simply as a long-haired Bengal. It retains the characteristics we associate with the Bengal, including its athletic appearance, intelligence, curiosity and distinctive spotted, rosetted or marbled patterns. The obvious difference is the longer, softer coat, which may develop a fuller tail, neck ruff and attractive furnishings as the cat matures.

Why Is It Called a Cashmere Bengal?

The name Cashmere reflects the soft, luxurious appearance and feel of the longer coat. Rather than describing a separate colour or pattern, Cashmere refers to the Bengal’s long-haired coat variety. A Cashmere can therefore occur in different Bengal colours and patterns.

Is a Cashmere Bengal a Pure Bengal?

Yes. A Cashmere does not stop being a Bengal because it has longer hair. Long-haired variants can occur within predominantly short-haired cat breeds. Familiar examples include the British Shorthair and British Longhair, and the Abyssinian and Somali. In the same way, the Cashmere represents the beautiful long-haired expression found within the Bengal breed.

Cashmere describes the coat length — not a different breed, colour or pattern. A Cashmere can still be Brown, Silver, Snow, Charcoal, Black or another Bengal colour and can display spotted, rosetted or marbled patterning

The unmistakable beauty of the Bengal, softened by a longer, luxurious coat.

Cashmere Bengals retain the athletic build, striking patterns and distinctive appearance of the Bengal breed, but their longer coat creates a softer and more flowing look. As the cat matures, the coat may develop beautiful furnishings that make the Cashmere particularly distinctive.

Cashmeres can display the same spotted, rosetted and marbled patterns found in short-haired Bengals.

One of the most distinctive Cashmere features, with longer fur creating a fuller and more elegant tail.

Long hair can naturally occur within predominantly short-haired cat breeds — and the Bengal is one of them.

The genetics for longer hair can be carried quietly through generations of short-haired Bengals before producing a long-haired kitten when the appropriate genes are inherited from both parents. This is not unusual in the cat world. Several breeds best known for their short coats also have familiar long-haired counterparts.

The familiar British type expressed with a longer coat.

The same breed family can produce both short- and long-haired cats.

The Somali represents the long-haired expression historically arising within Abyssinian lines.

In much the same way, the Cashmere does not stop being a Bengal because its coat is longer. It retains the Bengal’s distinctive appearance, patterns, intelligence and character — simply expressed beneath a beautiful longer coat.

The Somali represents the long-haired expression historically arising within Abyssinian lines.

The Cashmere longhair trait can be expressed alongside different Bengal colour and pattern genetics, creating remarkably varied appearances.

A particularly dramatic Cashmere with dark melanistic expression combined with Silver genetics, giving the longer coat remarkable depth and character.

The longhair trait is not restricted to one Bengal colour. Cashmere Bengals may also occur across other Bengal colours and genetic combinations, including Brown, Silver, Snow, Charcoal, Black and Smoke, with spotted, rosetted or marbled patterns. The result is the same distinctive Bengal expressed through a longer, softer coat.

The luxurious coat may look different, but underneath it is the same intelligent, interactive and engaging Bengal.

A distinctive Bengal we hope to welcome into future Bengalheritage litters.

Our approach to Cashmere Bengals follows the same principles as every Bengal we breed. Health, temperament and welfare come first, with colour, pattern and coat length considered only as part of a carefully planned breeding programme.

Cashmere kittens will form part of our future breeding plans, but availability is expected to be limited. We cannot guarantee a particular colour, pattern, sex or timing, as every litter is shaped by genetics and nature.

If you are particularly interested in a Cashmere Bengal, we recommend joining our waiting list. Waiting-list families can be kept informed about future breeding plans, expected litters and Cashmere kitten availability when appropriate.

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