Molosser
Molosser is a generic term for many very large and massive dog types. This is often spoken of Mastiff type. It is also the name for a later designated as a breed group of dogs of antiquity.
History
The Molosser were a people of Epirus. Your shepherd dogs were later called Molosser. Representations from the time the people of the Molosser show large stehohrige dogs. It is believed that the black guard dogs, the shepherd dogs were white against it. The large spread of the Molosser is explained that the sacred oak at Dodona was in Epirus and their visitors took away the dogs for breeding. Aristotle describes in his Historia animalium the Epirotic shepherd dog:
" In Molottien the breed of dog that serves as an accompaniment of the herds, by the size and courage against the wild animals from those of other records out. "
Alexander the Great led these dogs with him on his military campaigns.
The Jennings Dog, a sculpture in the British Museum, is regarded as representing historical Molossers. Attempts to bring pictorial representations with other historical traditions are in agreement, however, be viewed with caution.
System
Traditional systematics
Large, strong dogs with wide catcher in the canine system were early on called Molossian type Dogs. In parallel, the dogs were described as dogs of Mastiff type. The terms were and are largely used interchangeably.
Modern systematics
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale, the largest international canine governing body, summarizes various breeds together to the section of the Molossoiden. This is referred to as Section 2 in group 2 classified and divided into 2.1 Molossian dogs and 2.2 mountain dogs ( Pinscher and Schnauzer - Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs and other breeds - Molossian breeds ). An overview of the breeds in this group offers the category FCI Group 2
Breeds named in the Mastiff breed name
- Mastiff (origin United Kingdom ).
- Alangu Mastiff
- Alentejo Mastiff
- Bakharwal Mastiff
- Brazilian Mastiff
- Bullmastiff
- Mallorca Mastiff
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Pyrenean Mastiff
- Spanish Mastiff
- Tibetan Mastiff
See also:
- List of pet dogs, dog breeds in the scheme of FCI
- Mâtin