Sarabi dog

Working & guardian dogs · Iran

About the Sarabi dog

The Sarabi dog or Iranian mastiff is a large breed of livestock guardian dog named after and originating from the Sarab County in Iran. Sarabi dogs have been used for centuries to protect herds from Syrian brown bear, Indian wolf, golden jackal, striped hyena, Persian leopard the largest leopard subspecies, and the extinct Caspian tiger. The Sarabi mastiff is calm, controlled, independent, powerful and protective; the breed is also used to compete in staged dog fights and as a hunting dog. The breed is considered one of the oldest and most powerful indigenous dog breeds in Iran; the larger and heavier an individual dog is, the greater its value.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Sarabi dog” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Working & guardian dogs
Origin (Wikidata)	Iran
Map pin	Representative point in Iran (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 80–100 cm (31–39 in) Females: 70–85 cm (28–33 in)
Weight	Males: 65–100 kg (143–220 lb) Females: 60–80 kg (132–176 lb)
Size class	Giant (our grouping, from the weight above)
Wikidata	Q19775816

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

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