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The Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec breed native to Mexico, once considered as guides for the dead on their journey to the underworld (lemmy.world)
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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I looked it up and only some of them have the wild hairdo. Does anyone know why that is? Check out the mohawk on this puppy!

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Adorable little punk rocker lol

[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Because they’re fuckin rock n roll?

[–] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The breed occurs naturally in two varieties, hairless and coated. Hairless Xolos are the dominant expression of the heterozygous Hh hairless trait.[18] Coated Xolos (hh) are the recessive expression, and breeding hairless to coated or hairless to hairless may produce pups of either or both varieties. Breeding coated to coated will only produce coated pups because they are recessive to the hairless trait and do not carry the dominant H gene.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing.