Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

Holocene

Place of Breeding

Northern shore of the Persian Gulf

Variety

Persian Mastiff

Extinction Reason

Absorbed into the Persian Mastiff

References

Fainomenon. (2016, March 12). Sassanid hound. Great Dane Gnosis. https://greatdanegnosis.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/sassanid-hound/

Kamali, D. A. (2020, May 25). Ariana; history of Iranian, Iranic, Persian and Persianate civilization. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/persianversion/posts/535753280455042/?locale=zh_CN

Mark, J. J. (2019, December 5). Dogs in ancient Persia. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1482/dogs-in-ancient-persia/

Sicard, G. (n.d.). Elymaean Mastiff. Molosser Dogs. https://molosserdogs.com/view-article/elymaean-mastiff