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The Xolo is moderate in all aspects of its appearance, conveying an impression of strength, agility, and elegance. Xolo body proportions are rectangular, slightly longer in total body length than the height measured at the highest point of the withers (top of the shoulders). The breed occurs naturally in two varieties, hairless and coated.
The Xoloitzcuintli is a hairless dog from Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence has been found in the tombs of the Colima, Mayan, Toltec, Zapotec, and Aztec people dating the breed to over 3500 years ago. Long regarded as guardians and protectors, the indigenous peoples believed that the Xolo would safeguard the home from evil spirits as well as ...
One of the most ancient dog breeds of the Americas, the Xoloitzcuintle (or 'Xolo' for short), accompanied the earliest migrants from Asia and had developed into the breed seen today in Mexico by at least 3,500 years ago. [7] In South America, the introduction of the dog took place sometime between 7,500 and 4,500 BP (5550–2550 BCE).
It was documented in the sixteenth century by Spanish explorers in Mérida, Yucatán that dogs were bred locally in pens, fed maize, and sold at market. Another type of dog recognized by Maya was the hairless xoloitzcuintli, however, breeds are difficult to recognize archaeologically.
An African hairless dog at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring, England The Chinese Crested Dog's coated variety is called a "Powderpuff" and is a recognized type
Xolo may refer to: Xoloitzcuintle, a dog breed sometimes known as a "Xolo" or "Mexican Hairless Dog" Xolo (company), an Indian smart device company;
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Interestingly, the Mexican hairless dog is known as "xoloitzcuintli" or "xolo" in Nahuatl. In Ecuador, mestizas wearing indigenous attire in Ecuador were termed cholas. "Chola appears to have been a designation largely reserved for women and which, according to Jacques Poloni-Simard, was used to indicate mestiza women who had achieved an ...