Tibetan Kyi Apso

Working & guardian dogs · Tibet

About the Tibetan Kyi Apso

The Tibetan Kyi Apso is a medium to large sized breed of livestock guardian dog originating from Tibet and the Himalayas. It is considered an ancient and rare landrace, similar in appearance and stature to its relative, the Tibetan Mastiff.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Tibetan Kyi Apso” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Working & guardian dogs
Origin (Wikidata)	Tibet
Map pin	Representative point in Tibet (not an exact location)
Height	63–71 cm (25–28 in)
Weight	32–41 kg (71–90 lb)
Size class	Large (our grouping, from the weight above)
Wikidata	Q16892010

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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