Key facts
- Other names
- Μολοσσός Molossian hound
- Origin
- Epirus , ancient Greece
- Breed status
- Extinct
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- Commons category
- Molossus (dog)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Molossus (Greek: Μολοσσός, romanized: Molossós), also known as the Molossian hound and Epirus mollosus, is an extinct dog breed from Ancient Greece.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Molossian hound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.