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Swedish Lapphund

origin: Sweden · 5 figures in the corpus · Q39130

Every figure below carries this breed's name or id in its source study -- grouped by what it measures, not ranked. A breed appearing under a study here does not mean every other breed was tested and came back negative; it means this is what has a named source so far. See each figure's own page for its caveats.

Size & head shape

2 size class (1=Small, 2=Medium, 3=Large) verified

Swedish Lapphund: body size class -- Medium

  • Body size and cephalic index classification per Supplementary Table S5; for breeds absent from the study's primary source lists, assigned by majority agreement among Dogs Trust canine-behaviour experts rather than measured directly on dogs.
2 cephalic type (1=Brachycephalic, 2=Mesocephalic, 3=Dolichocephalic) verified

Swedish Lapphund: head-shape (cephalic index) classification -- Mesocephalic

  • Body size and cephalic index classification per Supplementary Table S5; for breeds absent from the study's primary source lists, assigned by majority agreement among Dogs Trust canine-behaviour experts rather than measured directly on dogs.

Group

1 group membership (see subject) verified

Swedish Lapphund: UK Kennel Club group: Pastoral; FCI group: Spitz and primitive types

  • KC/FCI group columns record nomenclature presence only, per the table's own caption -- the study did not use group as an analysis variable.

Other

1 purpose class: sled/draught verified

Swedish Lapphund: purpose class 'sled/draught', from FCI group: Spitz and primitive types

  • Registry group membership at time of the source table, not an independent behavioural assessment.
0 puppies registered verified

Swedish Lapphund (Imp) (Pastoral group): UK Kennel Club new registrations, 2025

  • UK-only; a breed with 0 or blank registrations in a year may be newly recognised, temporarily unregistered, or genuinely absent that year -- the source table does not distinguish these.