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Table 1 The morphologies of the most popular 20 Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC)recognised breeds in 2013

From: Trends in popularity of some morphological traits of purebred dogs in Australia

Breed

Source of Height

Height Range (cm)

Source of Weight

Weight Range (kg)

Dog size

Cephalic Index (±SDa )

American Staffordshire Terrier

ANKC

(43, 48)

EoDB

(25.9, 30.4)

Large

67.40 (±3.34)

Australian Cattle Dog

ANKC

(43, 51)

EoDB

(15.9, 20.4)

Medium

61.60 (±8.75)

Border Collie

ANKC

(46, 53)

EoDB

(13.6, 20.4)

Medium

56.70 (±4.32)

Boxer

ANKC

(53, 61)

EoDB

(22.7, 36.3)

Large

66.75 (±6.01)

British Bulldog

EoDB

(30, 38)

EoDB

(18.1, 22.7)

Medium

86.60 (±4.34)

Bull Terrier

EoDB

(53, 56)

EoDB

(22.7, 31.8)

Large

55.60 (±10.90)

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

EoDB

(30, 33)

ANKC

(5.4, 8.2)

Small

76.25 (±4.78)

Cocker Spaniel

ANKC

(38, 41)

ANKC

(13.0, 14.5)

Medium

48.85 (±4.12)

French Bulldog

EoDB

(28, 33)

EoDB

(NAb, 12.7)

Medium

101.55 (±2.42)

German Shepherd Dog

ANKC

(55, 65)

ANKC

(22.0, 40.0)

Large

50.40 (±8.62)

Golden Retriever

ANKC

(51, 61)

EoDB

(25.0, 34.0)

Large

56.05 (±3.54)

Great Dane

EoDB

(79, 89)

ANKC

(46.0, 54.0)

Giant

56.60 (±4.56)

Jack Russell Terrier

ANKC

(25, 30)

ANKC

(5.0, 6.0)

Small

61.45 (±2.75)

Labrador Retriever

ANKC

(55, 57)

EoDB

(25.0, 36.3)

Large

55.95 (±4.80)

Poodle (Toy)

EoDB

(NAb, 25)

EoDB

(1.8, 3.6)

Small

NAb

Pug

EoDB

(25, 28)

ANKC

(6.3, 8.1)

Small

98.55 (±6.74)

Rhodesian Ridgeback

ANKC

(61, 69)

EoDB

(31.8, 38.6)

Large

50.45 (±3.10)

Rottweiler

ANKC

(56, 68)

EoDB

(36.3, 61.2)

Giant

63.55 (±2.95)

Schnauzer (Miniature)

EoDB

(30, 36)

EoDB

(5.9, 6.8)

Small

53.40 (±2.44)

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

ANKC

(36, 41)

ANKC

(11.0, 17.0)

Medium

76.15 (±6.32)

  1. Legend: The morphologies of the 20 most popular dog breeds in Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) registry in 2013, based on data sourced from the ANKC breed standards and the Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds (EoDB). Cephalic Index data were required from a peer-reviewed paper [28]. Characteristics of all ANKC-recognised breeds are presented in Additional file 2
  2. aSD: standard deviation; bNA: missing data