The breed atlas
1,733 breeds, each traced to where it began.
Dogs, cats and horses from 44 countries, every one with where it began, how big it grows, how long it lives and the page each fact was read from.
927dog breeds135cat breeds671horse breeds44countries
Labrador RetrieverPhoto: SixtyWeb · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maine coonPhoto: Ankord · Public domain
Arabian horsePhoto: OliverSeitz · Public domain
Shiba InuPhoto: Roberto Vasarri · Public domain
Friesian horsePhoto: Drwho1972 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bengal catPhoto: Lightburst · CC BY-SA 4.0Choose an animal
Every recognised breed, A to Z, with where it comes from and how big it grows.
Dogs
A to Z, with origins927BREEDS Photo: Horacio Cambeiro · CC BY-SA 4.0Photo: Janneke Vreugdenhil · Public domainPhoto: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cats
A to Z, with origins135BREEDS Photo: Wieke de Rijk · CC BY 2.5Photo: BritishEmpire · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Kostj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Horses
A to Z, with origins671BREEDS Photo: Artur Baboev · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Darrell Dodds · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Ronnie Robertson · CC BY-SA 2.0Dog breeds by country
Where the world's dogs come from: France (58), United States (50) and Germany (32) have the most breeds of their own.
Horse breeds by country
Horse and pony breeds from 40 countries, led by United States (74), France (43) and Germany (34).
Small, medium or large?
Dog breeds by the height recorded for each one, from the smallest companions to the largest guardians.
Small
under 40 cm tall85BREEDS Photo: Ingunn Axelsen · CC BY 3.0Photo: Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Medium
40 to 57 cm tall163BREEDS Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · Copyrighted free usePhoto: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Large
57 cm and taller90BREEDS Photo: MGerety · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Томасина · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: TsutsuiKennel · CC BY-SA 4.0Horses by type, cats by country
Ponies to draft horses, and where the world's cat breeds come from.
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Photo credits24 photographs on this page
- Labrador Retriever — SixtyWeb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Maine coon — Ankord · Public domain · file page
- Arabian horse — OliverSeitz · Public domain · file page
- Shiba Inu — Roberto Vasarri · Public domain · file page
- Friesian horse — Drwho1972 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Bengal cat — Lightburst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- border collie — Horacio Cambeiro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Golden Retriever — Janneke Vreugdenhil · Public domain · file page
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Norwegian Forest Cat — Wieke de Rijk · CC BY 2.5 · file page
- British Shorthair — BritishEmpire · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Scottish Fold — Kostj · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Akhal-Teke — Artur Baboev · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Appaloosa — Darrell Dodds · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Shetland pony — Ronnie Robertson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file page
- Affenpinscher — Ingunn Axelsen · CC BY 3.0 · file page
- Alpine Dachsbracke — Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- American Cocker Spaniel — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Aidi — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Airedale Terrier — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Copyrighted free use · file page
- American foxhound — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Abruzzo-Maremma Sheepdog — MGerety · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Afghan Hound — Томасина · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Akita — TsutsuiKennel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licence each one names. How Animalso credits photographs.