Comparison: Cimarrón Uruguayo and Dogo Argentino

Cimarrón Uruguayo and Dogo Argentino are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Cimarrón Uruguayo	Dogo Argentino
FCI group	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of origin	Uruguay	Argentina
Category	Large	Large
Height at withers	53–63 cm	60–68 cm
Weight	33–45 kg	40–45 kg
Recognition features	Medium-sized, compact, muscular dogue-type dog with a short coat Brindle or fawn in various shades, with or without mask Agile and hardy	Athletic, muscular dog of harmonious proportions with a friendly expression Pure white short coat, at most one dark patch on the skull or around an eye Powerful jaws, short smooth coat
Coat	Short, smooth, close coat with undercoat; brindle or all shades of fawn (may have black shadings), also bluish brindle and bluish fawn, with or without mask.	Uniform short smooth coat 1.5–2 cm long; entirely white, with only one black or dark patch on the skull (not exceeding 10% of the head).
Purpose	An Uruguayan dog of feral origin used for herding, big-game hunting and guarding.	An Argentine big-game hunter, an athletic white dog bred by Dr. Antonio Nores Martínez.

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