Seventeen Italian dog breeds are recognised by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana,[1] of which fifteen are recognised also by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale. A further six are in the process of recognition by the ENCI. There are a number of local breeds or types without national recognition.[2]
Name
English name if used
Recognition
Notes
Image
Bolognese
ENCI
FCI
Bracco Italiano
ENCI
FCI
Cane Corso
Italian Mastiff
ENCI
FCI
Cane da Pastore Bergamasco
Bergamasco Shepherd Dog[3]
ENCI
FCI
Cane da Pastore della Sila
Pastore Silano
ENCI (partial)[4]
Cane da Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese
Maremmano
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
Maremma
ENCI
FCI
Cane delle Alpi Apuane
Pastore Apuano
ENCI (partial)[5]
Cane di Mannara
ENCI (partial)[6]
Cane d'Oropa
Pastore d'Oropa
Pastore Biellese
ENCI (partial)[7]
Herding dog from the area of Biella, in Piedmont[2][8]: 1922
Cane Fonnese
Pastore Fonnese
Cane di Fonni
Sardinian Shepherd Dog
ENCI (partial)[9]
Cane Lupino del Gigante
Luvin
none
Shepherd dog from the Apennines of the Province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna[2][8]: 1922
Cane Paratore
none
Cirneco dell'Etna
ENCI
FCI
Dogo Sardesco
Dogo Sardo
none
Sardinia; used in the past as a guard dog and as a catch dog in hunting large game[10]
Lagotto Romagnolo
ENCI
FCI
Levriero Sardo
none
Lupo Italiano
none
Used exclusively by police and search and rescue organisations, with no private ownership
Maltese
ENCI
FCI
Mastino Abruzzese
regional
variant of the Maremmano
Mastino Napoletano
Neapolitan Mastiff
ENCI
FCI
Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
ENCI (partial)[11]
Piccolo Levriero Italiano
Italian Sighthound
Italian Greyhound
ENCI
FCI
Segugio dell'Appennino
ENCI
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Forte
ENCI
FCI
sometimes treated outside Italy as a single breed
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso
ENCI
FCI
Segugio Maremmano
ENCI
FCI
Spino degli Iblei[12]
ENCI
Spinone Italiano
Italian Spinone
ENCI
FCI
Volpino Italiano
ENCI
FCI
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