Anatolian Shepherd
Sign in to saveAlso known as Çoban köpeği, Anatolian Street Dog, Karabaş, Turkish Shepherd, Anadolulu karabaş
dog breed
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Within Vinony's link graph, Anatolian Shepherd connects to Kangal Shepherd Dog.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Other names
- Kangal Shepherd Dog Kangal Çoban Köpeği Karabash Turkish Kangal Dog Anatolian Shepherd Dog (disputed)
- Origin
- Turkey
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- Males
- Coat
- thick, dense, usually short double coat, 3–7 cm (1–3 in) long
- Colour
- fawn to wolf sable, with black mask
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dog breed
- Subclass of
- dog
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- Mass
- 55
- Image
- Kangal-welpen-de 003.jpg
- Height
- 79
- Life expectancy
- 13
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- Commons category
- Kangal Çoban Köpeği
- Commons gallery
- Kangal Çoban Köpeği
- catalog code
- 331
- different from
- Kangal Shepherd Dog
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Kangal Shepherd Dog or Turkish Kangal (Turkish: Kangal Çoban Köpeği) is a traditional Turkish breed of large livestock guardian dog. The breed name derives from that of the town and district of Kangal in Sivas Province, the easternmost province of the Central Anatolia Region in central Turkey. The coat colour varies from pale fawn to wolf grey, always with a black mask.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anatolian Shepherd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.