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Key facts
- Common nicknames
- Malamute
- Origin
- Alaska
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- Males
- Coat
- Thick, a double coat, with plush undercoat
- Color
- Grey, sable, black, or red, always with white, as well as all white and brown
- Litter size
- 4–10 puppies
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NotesState dog of Alaska Dog (domestic dog)
The Alaskan Malamute (/ˈmæləˌmjuːt/) is a large breed of dog that was originally bred for its strength and endurance to haul heavy freight as a sled dog. It is similar to other arctic breeds such as the husky, the spitz, the Greenland Dog, Canadian Eskimo Dog, the Siberian Husky, and the Samoyed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alaskan Malamute” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.