Stats

Lifespan: 10-16 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Pack
Biome: Human settlements
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Running
Breeding: Live birth
Defense: Aggression
Status: Common

About

The Neapolitan Mastiff is a massive Italian guardian breed descended from ancient Roman war dogs, prized for its heavy bone and deeply wrinkled, loose skin that once let it twist free of an attacker's grip mid-fight. Despite its imposing bulk, the breed is famously calm and devoted around its own family.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2.
juvenile
A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3.
adolescent
An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4.
adult
Fully grown and hunting alongside the pack.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis familiaris