Cane Lupino del Gigante
The Cane Lupino del Gigante is a shepherd dog from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.[1] The dog only weighs 20 to 30 kilograms (44 to 66 lb) in most cases and only a few specimens are bigger than that. It is a very docile dogs which can be used to drive sheep or to guard property. The Italian Kennel Club does not recognize the breed.
In 2018 a genetic study found that, just prior to 1859, a broadly distributed European herding dog had given rise to the German Shepherd Dog, the French Berger Picard, and the five Italian herding breeds: the Bergamasco Shepherd, Cane Paratore, Lupino del Gigante, Pastore d'Oropa, and the Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai.
References
- Talenti, Andrea; Dreger, Dayna L; Frattini, Stefano; Polli, Michele; Marelli, Stefano; Harris, Alexander C; Liotta, Luigi; Cocco, Raffaella; Hogan, Andrew N; Bigi, Daniele; Caniglia, Romolo; Parker, Heidi G; Pagnacco, Giulio; Ostrander, Elaine A; Crepaldi, Paola (2018). "Studies of modern Italian dog populations reveal multiple patterns for domestic breed evolution". Ecology and Evolution. 8: 2911–2925. doi:10.1002/ece3.3842. PMC 5838073. PMID 29531705.
External links
- "Il Cane Lupino del Gigante su razzeitaliane.it" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- "Cristian Ielli "Associazione di Volontariato Lupino del Gigante" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- "Cristian Ielli "Lupino del Gigante"" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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