AFRICAN HAIRLESS DOG

Also known as Abyssinian sand terriers and African sand dogs among many other names, they were found in Egypt, Ethiopia, and among the Zulu.





ALAUNT

Large running dogs used during the Middle Ages to seize and bring down game for the hunter to dispatch; they were described as having the body of a Greyhound with a broad and short brachycephalic-type head.





ALPINE MASTIFF

A mastiff-type dog known in the Western Alps from the Middle Ages, it is sometimes claimed they were descended from dogs introduced to the area by the Romans; a short-haired dog that is believed to be the progenitor of the St. Bernard.





ARGENTINE POLAR DOG

A long-haired breed developed by the Argentine Army to act as sled dogs in the country's Argentine Antarctic Program. The creation of the Antarctic Treaty System forced Argentina to remove all of the dogs from the continent, since they were an exotic animal. The army then ended their dog breeding program and the remaining dogs were moved to Patagonia where most of them succumbed to diseases, since living their entire lives in Antarctica away from other dogs had made them lose their natural immunity to the common diseases of dogs.





BELGIAN MASTIFF

A mastiff-type breed that was used throughout the Low Countries as a draught dog, it was a large, powerful dog with a smooth coat and docked tail, its role became redundant in the 20th century and it is now believed to be extinct.





BLACK & TAN TERRIER

A British breed of terrier that was common throughout all of Great Britain, it had a rough coat that was black and tan in colour - most of the Fell terrier breeds, including the Border Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Patterdale Terrier and Welsh Terrier, descend from it.





BRACUE DUPUY

A French breed of pointer from the Poitou region, known for its pace compared to other French pointing breeds, it was sometimes claimed that Greyhound or Sloughi blood was used in their breeding.





BUCKHOUND

An English breed of scenthound used to hunt fallow deer in packs. The Buckhound was a breed of now extinct scent hound from England.





BULLENBEISSER

A German hunting-mastiff known from the Middle Ages, used to hunt stag, wild boar and even bear; it is considered to be the progenitor of the Boxer.





CELTIC HOUND

The Celtic hounds were a breed of dogs in Gaelic Ireland described in Irish legend. Also known as the vertragus, they were popular breeds throughout many ancient civilisations - considered to be the ancestor of modern day sighthound breeds such as the Greyhound.





CHIEN GRIS

A French breed of scenthound known in the Middle Ages, it was said to have been introduced to France from the east by King Louis IX when he returned from the Crusades.





CHIRIBAYA DOG

The Chiribaya Dog or Peruvian Shepherd Dog is an extinct pre-Columbian breed of dog from the southwest of Peru. It has been established that it was a llama herding dog. The dogs were not only an important part of the social structure of the ancient Peruvians, but they received special treatment after death as well.





CORDOBA FIGHTING DOG

A fighting dog type developed in Córdoba, Argentina and one of the ancestors of the Dogo Argentino.





CUMBERLAND SHEEPDOG

A British herding dog from Cumberland that was very similar to the Border Collie; its numbers declined from the mid-20th century onward. The Cumberland sheepdog is an extinct dog breed related to the border collie and other old working collie types.





CUR

A British breed of herding dog used by cattle drovers in England, it was known for its distinctive stumpy tail; it likely became extinct in the mid-19th century.





THE DALBO DOG

The Dalbo dog (Dalbohund) or Dalsland Mastiff is an extinct livestock guardian dog breed from Sweden.





DOGO CUBANO

A Cuban breed of mastiff originally used for bull-baiting, dog fighting and recapturing runaway slaves; believed to have been descended from introduced Spanish Mastiffs, they became extinct in the mid-20th century.





BLACK & TAN FOXHOUND

A British pack of foxhounds from Scotland bred in the interwar period; a combination of English Foxhound, Welsh Foxhound, Bloodhound and Gascon Saintongeois blood, they were a unique black and tan coloured pack; the pack was disbanded after foxhunting was banned in Great Britain in 2002.





ENGLISH WATER SPANIEL

A British breed of gundog that was described as being between a spaniel and a retriever in appearance; very popular with wildfowlers in the mid-19th century, it is considered to be the progenitor of both the Curly-Coated Retriever and the Flat-Coated Retriever (which both surpassed it in popularity) and it disappeared around the end of the 19th century.





ENGLISH WHITE TERRIER

A British breed of terrier from England that was all-white in appearance; it was the progenitor of the Fox Terrier and one of several progenitors of the Bull Terrier.





FILA DE TERSEIRA

A mastiff-type dog from the Azores, it was the ancestor of both the Saint Miguel Cattle Dog and the Fila Brasileiro.





FUEGIAN DOG

A domesticated form of the culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus). The Fuegian dog, or Yahgan dog, or Patagonian dog, is an extinct type of canid. Its ancestry is a matter of scientific debate, though traditionally it was thought to be bred and domesticated from the South American culpeo, also known as the culpeo fox.





HALIS HEELER

An Australian breed of cattle-herding dog bred from imported Scotch collies crossed with dingoes; it is claimed that they were the progenitor of the Australian Cattle Dog.





HARE INDIAN DOG

Possibly a dog breed, coydog, or domesticated coyote; formerly found and originally bred in northern Canada by the Hare Indians for coursing.





HAWAIAN POI DOG

A Hawaiian pye-dog that was kept by the native Hawaiians before European settlement; the Hawaiian Poi Dog was kept as both a pet and for human consumption, it also played a ceremonial role in Hawaiian culture; taking its name from poi, which was its main diet. It became extinct after the introduction of European dog breeds to the islands.





KING's WHITE HOUND

A French breed of scenthound that was kept by the Kings of France from Louis XI to Louis XV; known as the Chien Blanc du Roi in French, they became extinct when Louis XV disbanded the pack in 1725.





KURI

It was introduced to New Zealand by the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori during their migration from East Polynesia in the 13th century AD. The Kurī is an extinct breed of Polynesian Dog kept by Maori people. It was introduced to New Zealand by the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori during their migration from East Polynesia in the 13th century AD. According to Maori tradition, the demigod Māui transformed his brother-in-law Irawaru into the first dog.





LACONIAN

An extinct Spartan hunting dog typically used for hunting, known for its speed. The Laconian, also known as the Spartan and the Castorian, is an extinct dog breed from Ancient Greece typically used for hunting. The breed originating in Laconia, a region of Ancient Greece, famous for its city state, Sparta.





LAPPONIAN SHEPHERD

Also known as Cockhill's Finnish Lapphound; it became extinct in the 1980s. The Lapponian Shepherd (Finnish: Lapinpaimenkoira or Cockhill's Finnish Lapphound is an extinct dog breed originating from Finland. Despite its name, it did not come from Lapland, but from the southern parts of the country.





LIMER

A scenthound in the Middle Ages used to locate a stag on the morning of a stag hunt, the limer was kept on a leash and led the huntsman to the stag, which was subsequently hunted by other hound types, limers were known for their scenting ability and had to work silently in order to avoid alerting the quarry.





MARQUESAN DOG

Introduced to the Marquesas by the ancestors of the Polynesian people during their migrations.





MOLOSSUS

Large dogs kept in the ancient kingdom of Molossis in the region of Epirus, it is claimed that they are the progenitors of the mastiffs.





MOSCOW WATER DOG

The Moscow Water Dog, also known as the Moscow Diver, Moscow Retriever or Moskovsky Vodolaz; derived in the U.S.S.R. from the Newfoundland, Caucasian Shepherd Dog and East European Shepherd.





NORFOLK SPANIEL

The term was used to designate springer-type spaniels that were neither Sussex nor Clumber Spaniels.





NORMAN HOUND

A large breed of French scenthound from Normandy believed to be one of the ancestors of the Bloodhound; it became extinct in the 19th century as hunters switched to faster hound types.





NORTH COUNTRY BEAGLE

A British medium-sized scenthound that was used to hunt hare, it was said to be smaller, with a sharper nose and faster than the contemporary Southern Hound, it is believed to be one of the foundation breeds of the modern English Foxhound.





OLD CROATIAN SIGHTHOUND

A Croatian breed of sighthound used to course all forms of local game; they were known from the Middle Ages.





OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG

A British breed of specialised small mastiff-type dogs developed from the 16th century for the blood sports of bull-baiting and dog fighting, the prohibition of most blood sports in 1835 saw the decline of the breed, although some were retained as companion dogs and were bred into the modern Bulldog.





OLD SPANISH POINTER

A breed of Spanish pointing dog known from the Early Modern Period; it is considered the first of its type from which all modern pointing dog breeds descend.





OLD WELSH GREY SHEEPDOG

The Welsh Grey or Old Welsh Grey was a breed of sheepdog native to Wales. It is likely now extinct. Welsh Greys were shaggy, long-haired dogs, similar in appearance to working strains of the Scottish Bearded Collie or to the ancestors of the Old English Sheepdog, and the breeds probably have a common heritage





PAISLEY TERRIER

A terrier breed from Scotland that was bred primarily as a pet and a show dog version of the Skye Terrier, it is considered to be the progenitor of the Yorkshire Terrier.





POLYNESIAN DOG

A catch-all term for four breeds on this list: the Hawaiian Poi Dog, Kurī, Marquesan Dog and Tahitian Dog. The Polynesian Dog refers to a few extinct varieties of domesticated dogs from the islands of Polynesia. These dogs were used for both companionship and food and were introduced alongside poultry and pigs to various islands.





RACHE

A British type of hound in the Middle Ages, they were a fast-running scenthound used to drive game toward the waiting hunters. It was a scenthound used in a pack to run down and kill game, or bring it to bay. The word appears before the Norman Conquest.





RASTREADOR BRASILEIRO

A scenthound bred specifically to hunt jaguars, when jaguars became endangered and then were protected as a result of this, the breed's purpose became obsolete.





ST.JOHN WATER DOG

A Canadian breed used by the fishermen of Newfoundland and Labrador, descended from imported European dogs brought to the New World on fishing vessels, it is considered to be the progenitor of the Labrador Retriever.





SAKHALIN HUSKY

The Sakhalin Husky is a critically endangered landrace and sled laika associated with Sakhalin Island and adjacent areas. They are also known Karafuto Ken, Sakhalin Laika, or Gilyak Laika. While bred primarily as a sled dog, Sakhalin Huskies are also used for hunting bear and fishing.





SALISH WOOL DOG

The Salish Wool Dog or Comox Dog is an extinct breed of white, long-haired, Spitz-type dog that was developed and bred by the Coast Salish peoples of what is now Washington state and British Columbia. It was raised for its hair, which was used like a sheep's wool.





SLEUTH HOUND

The sleuth hound was a breed of dog. Broadly, it was a Scottish term for what in England was called the Bloodhound, although it seems that there were slight differences between them.





SOUTHERN HOUND

A British medium-sized scenthound that was used for hunting hare, a slow-paced, deep-scenting hound believed to be related to the Bloodhound, they became extinct towards the end of the 18th century when faster hounds became more popular for hare hunting.





STAGHOUND

An English breed of scenthound that was used for stag hunting; developed in the Middle Ages, they effectively became extinct when the last pack was sold to Germany in 1826.





TAHITIAN DOG

The Tahitian Dog - literally translated as "native dog" is an extinct breed of dog from Tahiti and the Society Islands. Similar to other strains of Polynesian dogs, it was introduced to the Society Islands and Tahiti by the ancestors of the Tahitian people during their migrations to Polynesia.





TAHITIAN BEAR DOG

The Tahltan Bear Dog was a breed of dog that came to Canada in early migrations and acclimatised to the environment. Developed by the Tahltan people.





TALBOT HOUND

A British small to medium-sized white scenthound known from the Late Middle Ages; famed for its scenting ability, it was often employed pursuing criminals, it is believed to be a progenitor of the Bloodhound.





TECHICHI

The Techichi is an extinct breed of small dog bred by the Toltec culture in the 9th century C.E. It is thought to be an ancestor of the modern Chihuahua.





TERSEIRA MASTIFF

The Terceira Mastiff is an extinct Portuguese dog landrace, also known as the Rabo Torto.





TESEM

Ancient Egyptian dogs that are now extinct. Tesem was the ancient Egyptian name for "hunting dog". In popular literature it denotes the prick-eared, leggy dog with a curled tail from the early Egyptian age, but it was also used with reference to the lop-eared "Saluki/Sloughi" type.





TOY BULLDOG

A British breed that was a miniature version of the Bulldog, popular in the late Victorian era as a companion dog; it is considered to be the progenitor of the French Bulldog, which surpassed it in popularity and the last record of it was in 1914.





TOY TRAWLER SPANIEL

The Toy Trawler Spaniel is an extinct breed of Spaniel which physically was similar to the King Charles Spaniel of the 16th century. It is considered to have descended from the original King Charles Spaniel, and the older variety of the Sussex Spaniel.





TURNSPIT DOG

A British dog type used in larger kitchens to run in a wheel that turned a rotisserie; these short-legged dogs were known from the Middle Ages, they likely became extinct in the 19th century.





TWEED WATER SPANIEL

A British breed of gundog from the Anglo-Scottish border region; it was used by wildfowlers and is considered to be a progenitor of the Golden Retriever. The Tweed Water Spaniel, or Tweed Spaniel, is a breed of dog extinct since the 19th century. It is best known for being involved in the early development of the modern Curly Coated Retriever and Golden Retriever breeds of dogs.





WELSH HILLMAN

A British breed of herding dog from Wales. The Welsh Hillman was an ancient landrace or type of herding dog in Wales, used for herding and droving. The variety was thought to have become extinct around 1990. The Welsh Hillman was thought to have been descended from ancient Welsh herding dogs.





GRAND FAUVE

DE BRETAGNE

A French breed of scenthound from Brittany that was used to hunt wolves and wild boar; the breed became extinct in the late 19th century after the extirpation of wolves from much of France.