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Dog ( domestic dog) The Basenji ( / bəˈsɛndʒi /) is a breed of hunting dog. It was bred from stock that originated in central Africa. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale places the breed in the Spitz and primitive types. The Basenji produces an unusual yodel -like sound, due to its unusually shaped larynx. [1]
The African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws ...
The Sloughi is a medium-sized, short-haired (smooth-coated), active sighthound developed by the Berbers of North Africa (in the area including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya) to hunt game such as hare, fox, jackal, gazelle, antelope, sand grouse, and other smaller- to medium-sized animals. [ 8][ 9] It is an ancient breed, treasured in ...
According to the Basenji Club of America, this African dog breed has always been considered one of the oldest in the world. Drawings of these dogs have been found in cave paintings in Libya as old ...
African painted dogs, also known as African wild dogs, Cape hunting dogs, or African painted wolves, are a unique canid species native to sub-Saharan Africa. There are fewer than 7,000 adult ...
An African Village Dog found in Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria. African village dogs are dogs found in Africa that are directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs. [1] African village dogs became the close companion of people in Africa, beginning in North Africa and spreading south. [2]
Miniature, standard and giant schnauzers are all hypoallergenic, low-shedding dogs. Like border terriers, schnauzers are double-coated, so may require extra brushing. 14. West Highland White Terrier
The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication, and the emergence of the first dogs. Genetic studies suggest that all ancient and modern dogs share a common ancestry and descended from an ancient, now-extinct wolf population – or closely ...