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Late Middle Ages landscape

Dogue de Bordeaux

Also known as French Mastiff, Bordeaux Mastiff.

Related breedBullmastiff1860 to 1924 · United Kingdom

Dogue de Bordeaux at a glance

Origin
Aquitaine, France
Appeared
1300 to 1896 (likely)
Family
European Mastiff
Type
Mastiff / molossoid
Size
Giant
Life span
5 to 8 years
Recognised by
FCI, AKC, KC
Status
Living
FCI standard
No. 116
DNA clade
European Mastiff (Parker 2017)

The name. French for "mastiff of Bordeaux".

Same familyGreat Dane1600 to 1880 · Germany

Family and relatives

Close by DNABichon Frisé1300 to 1933 · Belgium, France

Closest relatives by shared DNA

Source: Parker et al. 2017, shared haplotypes in megabases.

Same eraGerman Spitz1400 to 1899 · Germany

Place in time

The Dogue de Bordeaux appears 1300 to 1896 (likely), in the Late Middle Ages, when 53 breeds first appeared.

A full article on the Dogue de Bordeaux is coming. Meanwhile, the Border Collie shows what every breed page will hold: see the Border Collie.