Showing posts with label dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog. Show all posts

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Coywolf

 Coywolf is an informal term for a canid hybrid descended from coyotes, eastern wolves, gray wolves, and dogs. All members of the genus Canis are closely genetically related with 78 chromosomes and therefore can interbreed.


 

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Kooikerhondje

 The Kooikerhondje (Dutch for "Duck catcher's small dog") is a small spaniel-type breed of dog of Dutch ancestry that was originally used as a working dog, particularly in an eendenkooi (duck decoy) to lure ducks. Kooikers were popular in the 17th and 18th century and appear in the paintings of Rembrandt and Jan Steen. The breed is gaining popularity in the United States, Canada and Scandinavia, where it is still relatively unknown. 


 

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Xoloitzcuintli


The Mexican Hairless Dog is a rare, hairless breed of dog whose size varies greatly. It is also known as Xoloitzcuintli, Xoloitzcuintle (in English pronounced /ʃoʊloʊiːtskwiːntli/ show-low-eats-quint-lee), or Xolo for short, or Mexican Hairless.

synanthrope

 A synanthrope (from ancient Greek σύν sýn "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos "man") is an organism that evolve...