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The main cause of it being endangered is people hunting for its fur. Hunting is now banned in many countries, and to make sure wild populations are being kept safe, captive breeding programs have been developed for some island populations.

Fairly successful in the wild because of their ability to adapt, leopard cats are, however, hunted for the fur trade, and in some areas are taken for food. Japan is the major cat fur consumer in Asia, and leopard cat skins are their first choice, importing as many as 50,000 skins per year. Since 1993, the government has allotted no export permits, but there were still 80,000 to 150,000 skins exported to Russia

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The Asian Leopard Cat's Scientific name is Prionailurus Bengalensis

A baby Cat is called a kitten, a female Cat is called a queen and a male cat is called a tom

Asian Leopard Cats can be kept as pets

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Because they were orginally founded in Bengal India, that got them the name of the Bengal tiger, or the Indian tiger.

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Because they were originally found in Bengal India, hince the name 'Bengal'. Also tigers from that region are sometimes refered to as 'Indian Tigers'

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Because the Bengal tiger is origianally from Bangledesh, but Bangledesh is such a long word, that people just went with the Bay of Bengal, and the language spoken there is Bengali.

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Bengal cats are called the Asian Leopard cats because they look like a leopard. If you want to find out more, watch Cats 101 on Animal Planet.

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