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The Lobito Herreño is of wolf-like and primitive appearance. It is of medium size, with a height at the withers of some 52–54 cm and weight in the range 18–22 kg according to the draft breed standard. [1] A study in 2009 of fifty-five animals on El Hierro found average heights and weights of 52.6 cm / 21.1 kg for bitches and 54.7 cm / 21.9 ...
The Wolf Dog (1933) is an American Pre-Code Mascot film serial starring Frankie Darro and Rin Tin Tin Jr. Wolf Dog (1958), also known as A Boy and His Dog, is a Northwestern movie, directed and produced by Sam Newfield, and produced by Regal Films; Wolfdogs Magazine self-describes as a progressive "community based publication for wolfdog ...
The Iberian wolf Canis lupus signatus Cabrera 1907 [2] is classified as Canis lupus lupus by Mammal Species of the World. [5] Some authors claim that the south-eastern Spanish wolf, last sighted in Murcia in the 1930s, was a different subspecies called Canis lupus deitanus. It was even smaller and more reddish in color, without dark spots.
The gray wolf (C. lupus), the Ethiopian wolf (C. simensis), eastern wolf (C. lycaon), and the African golden wolf (C. lupaster) are four of the many Canis species referred to as "wolves". [37] Species that are too small to attract the word "wolf" are called coyotes in the Americas and jackals elsewhere. [ 38 ]
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers.
Wolf–dog hybrids in the wild animal park at Kadzidłowo, Poland. Left: product of a male wolf and a female spaniel; right: from a female wolf and a male West Siberian Laika. In the distant past, there was gene flow between African wolves, golden jackals, and grey wolves. The African wolf is a descendant of a genetically admixed canid of 72% ...
The Calupoh is a canine breed native to Mexico, a hybrid of dog and wolf.It was developed in the 1990s in a cultural heritage project intended to recreate the ancient Mexican wolfdogs mentioned in pre-Columbian texts and depicted in Mayan and Aztec artwork. [1]
The Spanish mastiff is thought to have existed for thousands of years. Mastiffs were working as livestock guardian dogs when the Romans arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. [1] In medieval times, this dog accompanied the herds of sheep and goats crossing from northern to southern Spain, defending cattle from attack by wolves and other predators. [2]