| Mexican Hairless
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| Alternative names
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| Xoloitzcuintli
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| Xoloitzcuintle
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| Xoloitzquintle
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| Tepeizeuintli
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| Common nicknames
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| Xolo
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| Country of origin
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| Mexico
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| Classification and breed standards
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| Notes
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The AKC foundation stock service (FSS)
is a registration service for breeds not yet
recognised by the AKC.
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A Xoloitzcuintli or Xoloitzcuintle (the initial x is pronounced as an sh), also known as Tepeizeuintli or Mexican Hairless, is a now rare, almost hairless breed of dog about the size of a terrier with an average body temperature of 40°C. The breed was native to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and may date back 3500 years. Owners of this dog call them "xolos" for short.
The Aztec and Maya cultures are believed to have kept this animal as pets. They also ate the meat of the Xoloitzcuintli.
Depending on which genes an individual dog gets, many members of this breed are also missing several teeth.
There is also a rarer "coated" xolo with a very short coat of hair. They appear randomly in the same litters as hairless ones.
