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Dog breeds

Canis familiaris

No single authority decides what counts as a breed. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) recognises 364 breeds in ten groups. The list below has 26 well-known breeds with the group, country of origin, size and use given in each breed’s FCI standard. It is not a complete list, and there may be more breeds than shown.

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