Comparison: Cimarrón Uruguayo and Saint Miguel Cattle Dog

Cimarrón Uruguayo and Saint Miguel Cattle Dog are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

Cimarrón Uruguayo
Photo: Los atigrados, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Saint Miguel Cattle Dog
Photo: Rui Teixeira, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cimarrón UruguayoSaint Miguel Cattle Dog
FCI group2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of originUruguayPortugal
CategoryLargeMedium
Height at withers53–63 cm48–60 cm
Weight33–45 kg20–35 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
  • Robust, hardy, medium-sized dogue-type dog with short harsh coat
  • Always brindled (fawn, pale fawn with black overlay, grey)
  • When driving dairy cows it bites low so as not to harm the udders
CoatShort, 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.Short, smooth, dense coat of harsh texture, lightly fringed on tail, anal region and back of thighs; always brindled.
PurposeAn Uruguayan dog of feral origin used for herding, big-game hunting and guarding.A cattle dog from São Miguel in the Azores, known as the "cow dog", also a guard of property and people.

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The information is indicative. Texts are based on available sources and may contain inaccuracies; for binding details (e.g. for breeding or shows) use the official breed standard.