List of Italian dog breeds

Sixteen Italian dog breeds are recognised by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana and by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale;[1] a seventeenth is partially recognised.[2] There are a number of local breeds or types without national recognition.[3]

NameEnglish name if usedRecognitionNotesImage
Bolognese
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Bracco Italiano
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Cane Corso Italian Mastiff
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Cane da Pastore Bergamasco Bergamasco Shepherd Dog[4]
  • ENCI
  • FCI
  • Cane da Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese
  • Maremmano
  • ENCI
  • FCI
  • Cane d'Oropa
  • Pastore d'Oropa
  • Pastore Biellese
 none Herding dog from the area of Biella, in Piedmont[3][5]: 1922 
Cane Fonnese Sardinian Shepherd Dog none
  • Cane Lupino del Gigante
  • Luvin
 none Shepherd dog from the Apennines of the Province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna[3][5]: 1922 
Cane Paratore none
Cirneco dell'Etna
  • ENCI
  • FCI
  • Dogo Sardesco
  • Dogo Sardo
 none Sardinia; used in the past as a guard dog and as a catch dog in hunting large game[6]
Lagotto Romagnolo
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Levriero Sardo none
Maltese
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Mastino Abruzzese regional variant of the Maremmano
Mastino Napoletano Neapolitan Mastiff
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai none
Piccolo Levriero Italiano
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Segugio dell'Appennino
  • ENCI
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Forte
  • ENCI
  • FCI
 sometimes treated outside Italy as a single breed
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Segugio Maremmano
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Spino degli Iblei[2] ENCI (partial)
Spinone Italiano Italian Spinone
  • ENCI
  • FCI
Volpino Italiano
  • ENCI
  • FCI

See also

References
  1. Razze Italiane (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed March 2021.
  2. Spino degli Iblei (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed September 2021.
  3. Andrea Talenti, Dayna L. Dreger, Stefano Frattini, Michele Polli, Stefano Marelli, Alexander C. Harris, Luigi Liotta, Raffaella Cocco, Andrew N. Hogan, Daniele Bigi, Romolo Caniglia, Heidi G. Parker, Giulio Pagnacco, Elaine A. Ostrander, Paola Crepaldi (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.
  4. FCI breeds nomenclature: Cane da Pastore Bergamasco (194). Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed March 2021.
  5. Daniele Bigi, S. P. Marelli, E. Randi, M. Polli (2015). Genetic characterization of four native Italian shepherd dog breeds and analysis of their relationship to cosmopolitan dog breeds using microsatellite markers. Animal. 9 (12): 1921–1928. doi:10.1017/S1751731115001561.
  6. Razze cani: Dogo Sardo (in Italian). Accessed March 2021.
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