This is a list of common dog crossbreeds. These are
crossbreed dogs created deliberately by crossing two
purebred dogs
A dog breed is a particular strain of dog that was purposefully bred by humans to perform specific tasks, such as herding, hunting, and guarding. Dogs are the most variable mammal on Earth, with artificial selection producing around 450 globally ...
. Some are known as designer dogs and are bred as
companion dogs, often given
portmanteau names derived from those of the parent breeds; others are bred to combine specific working qualities inherent in the parent breeds.
Crossbreeds
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Dog crossbreed
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List of dog breeds
This list of dog breeds includes both Neontology#Extant taxa versus extinct taxa, extant and extinct dog breeds, Designer breed, varieties, landraces, and dog types. A research article on genomics, dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines m ...
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