Key facts
- Common nicknames
- Coton
- Origin
- Madagascar
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- Males
- Coat
- medium-to-long, fluffy, cotton-like coat
- Color
- white; white and grey, tan, black, or tricolor
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Coton de Tuléar is a breed of small dog named for the city of Tuléar (also known as Toliara) in Madagascar. This breed is thought to have originated from a group of small white dogs that swam across the Malagasy channel following a shipwreck. Known for its cotton-like coat, the Coton de Tuléar typically grows to no more than 8.2 kg (18 lb), and is white, sometimes with grey, tan, black, or tri-colored markings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coton de Tulear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.