SiberianHusky

The Siberian Husky

Trivia:
The Siberian Husky is a type of dog often confused with the wolf and coyote.

Northern Breeds:

Alaskan Malamute (AKC Working Group)
Finnish Spitz (AKC Non-Sporting Group)
Icelandic Nootka
Keeshond (AKC Non-Sporting Group)
Norwegian Elkhound (AKC Hound Group)
Russian Laika
Samoyed (AKC Working Group)

Did you know?
The term "huskies" is a corruption of "esky," a slang word for Eskimo!

AKC's Working Group:

Akita
Alaskan Malamute
Anatolian Shepherd
Bernese Mountain Dog
Boxer
Bullmastiff
Doberman Pinscher
Giant Schnauzer
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Mastiff
Newfoundland
Portuguese Water Dog
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Samoyed
Siberian Husky
Standard Schnauzer

AKC's Non-Sporting Group:

American Eskimo Dog

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The distance between Siberia and Alaska is only 55 miles! The distance between certain islands in the straight is as low as two miles!

Quick
Tip

The Siberian Husky is a purebred dog. It can be classified or categorized in various ways. Below are some such categories featuring their proud four legged friends!:

It is believed that dogs originate from the Miacis that existed some 40 million years ago

The Dog in History

Evolution
&
Ancestry

Pelegawra Dog
of Iraq

Jaguar Cave Dog
of North America

Africa

Lake Baikal, Russia

Siberia

Chinese wolf

Dingo (wolf type)
Southern Asia & Australia

Pariahs, Asia

Basenjis, Africa

Russia

Alaska

Bering Straits

North America

Migrated North

Pulled Sleds

Northern Breeds

Africa & Europe

People of Central Asia migrated
North to Siberia and the Arctic

Jackal-Type Dogs (Canis Aureus)

Crossbred with the Arctic
Wolves (Canis Lupus)

Developed the
Northern Breeds

Periodic breedings
to the wolf

Migrated across
the Arctic Circle

Greenland

The Chukchi people established a tribe along the foothills of the Cherski Mountains at the basin of the Kolyma River.

Developed the Siberian Husky

All descendants of either the wolf or the jackal are dogs which belong to a group that adheres to communal family living. In other words, they lived in packs, and each pack had its leader.

It is followed by the Tomarctus that existed some 15 million years ago

There is disagreement on the exact location as to where the very first creatures lived with humans.

There is agreement, however, that the three most primitive types originated in three parts of the world.

Northward migration continued while some stayed behind.

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