List of primitive & aboriginal dogs

PRIMITIVE/DINGO/’PARIAH’ GROUP

A. Primitive dogs living independently of humans

  • Dingo (Australia)
  • New Guinea Singing Dog (Papua New Guinea)

B. Aboriginal village dogs

B. i. Aboriginal dogs that have not undergone intentional human selection

  • Avuvi (Ghana)
  • Aso Dog (Philippines)
  • Bali Dog (Bali/Polynesia)
  • Basenji/Congo Basin Native Dog (Africa)
  • Canaan Dog (Israel)
  • Middle-Eastern Village Dog
  • Phu Quoc Ridgeback (Vietnam)
  • Formosan Mountain Dog
  • INDog/Indian Native Dog/Indian Pariah Dog (Indian subcontinent)
  • Santhal Hound (India)
  • Sica (South Africa – Natal area)
  • Telomian (Malaysia)
  • AfriCanis (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Khoi/Hottentot Dog (South Africa – Cape Area)

B. ii. Aboriginal dogs that have undergone some degree of intentional human selection 

  • Perro Sin Pelo (Peru)
  • Xoloitzcuintli (Mexico)
  • Jindo Gae (Korea)

NORDIC SPITZ AND ASIAN SPITZ GROUP

  • Hokkaido Inu (Hokkaido, Japan)
  • Kai Ken (Japan)
  • Kishu Ken (Honshu, Japan)
  • Shikoku Ken (Japan)
  • Shiba Inu (Japan)
  • Finnish Lapphund (Finland)
  • Finnish Spitz (Finland)
  • Iceland Dog (Iceland)
  • Inuit Dog (Canada and Greenland)
  • Karelian Bear Dog (Finland)
  • Norwegian Lundehund (Vaerog, Norway)
  • Norwegian Buhund (Norway)

RUSSIAN DOGS

A. Laikas and North Russian breeds

  • East-Siberian Laika
  • West-Siberian Laika
  • Russian-European Laika
  • Karelian-Finnish Laika
  • Chukotka Sled dog (Chukotka)
  • Kamchatka Sled dog (Kamchatka)
  • Amur Laika (River Amur)
  • Reindeer Laika (North Ural)
  • Yakutian Laika (Yakutia)
  • Samoyed

B. Gazehounds

  • Tazi (Western Asia)
  • Taygan
  • Russian Gazehound

ABORIGINAL SHEPHERD DOGS

  • Central Asian Shepherd 
  • Kavkaz (Caucasian) Shepherd 
  • Mongolian Bankhar Dog (Mongolia)
  • Himalayan Sheepdog/Tibetan Mastiff

PRICK-EARED HOUNDS 

These are selectively bred descendants of primitive village dogs of the Mediterranean

  • Cirneco Dell Etna (Sicily)
  • Ibizan (Majorca)
  • Kelb-tal-fenek (Pharaoh hound) (Malta)
  • Podenco Portugueso -three varieties (Portugal)
  • Podenco Andaluz – three varieties (Spain)

ANCIENT SIGHTHOUNDS

  • Afghan (Afghanistan)
  • Azawakh (North Africa)
  • Chart Polski (Poland)
  • Greek Greyhound (Greece)
  • I-Twina (South/East Africa)
  • Sloughi (Arabia)
  • Saluki (Iran)