Ca Mè Mallorquí

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Ca Mè Mallorquí
Majorca, Balearic Islands
)
Traits
Height Males 50–60 cm (20–24 in)
Females 45–55 cm (18–22 in)
Weight Males 18–23 kg (40–51 lb)
Females 15–20 kg (33–44 lb)
Coat Short and smooth
Colour Solid black, brown, orange or lemon, bicoloured with white or tricoloured
Notesrecognised under Spanish national law
domestic dog
)

The Ca Mè Mallorquí is a Spanish

pointing dog in hunting. It was officially recognised by the national government of Spain in 2004, but is not recognised by either the Fédération Cynologique Internationale or the Real Sociedad Canina de España
.

History

The Ca Mè Mallorquí is native to the island of

Perdiguero de Burgos.[2][3] The breed was much used by Majorcan hunters throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, as a result of the writings of a number of visiting sportsmen, also gained some degree of international reputation during that period.[2][4] Though predominantly found on Majorca, it was also common on the island of Menorca in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.[3]

Breed numbers declined throughout the twentieth century due to the increased use of imported pointing breeds such as the English Pointer and German Shorthaired Pointer, and by the end of the century the Ca Mè was almost extinct.[2]

A

stud-book for the Ca Mè.[2][3][6]

The Ca Mè was officially recognised by the

Ratonero Valenciano, it was added to the list of indigenous Spanish breeds of dog.[2][3][1]

In 2019 the breed was estimated to number several hundred, not all of which were registered in the

stud-book.[2]

Description

The Ca Mè Mallorquí is of medium size. Dogs usually stand between 50 and 60 cm (20 and 24 in) at the

dewlaps; the ears are set high, are rounded and of medium size, and hang close to the head.[3][7]

The coat is dense, short and smooth.

tri-coloured.[3][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Arias Cañete (2004). 5652. Orden APA/807/2004, de 24 de marzo, por la que se actualiza el anexo del Real Decreto 558/2001, de 25 de mayo, por el que se regula el reconocimiento oficial de las organizaciones o asociaciones de criadores de perros de raza pura (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado 77: 13430–13435.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-84-09-11001-8
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-84-491-0946-1
    .
  4. ^ Ballestero, Elena (18 March 2019). "Ca Me Mallorquí, un nuevo reto para la ciencia" [Ca Me Mallorquí, a new challenge for science]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ Ca mè mallorquí: Dades generals (in Catalan). Govern de les Illes Balears. Archived 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ Mateu Morro i Marcé (18 December 2002). Ordre del Conseller d'Agricultura i Pesca, de 18 de desembre de 2002, per la qual es crea el Llibre genealògic del Ca mè mallorquí i se'n regula el funcionament (in Catalan). Published in: Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears 156 (28 December 2002): 23286–23289.
  7. ^ a b c Ca mè mallorquí: Característiques més destacades (in Catalan). Govern de les Illes Balears. Archived 30 October 2020.
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