Comparison: Rafeiro of Alentejo and Transmontano Mastiff

Rafeiro of Alentejo and Transmontano Mastiff are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Rafeiro of Alentejo	Transmontano Mastiff
FCI group	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of origin	Portugal	Portugal
Category	Large	Giant
Height at withers	64–74 cm	68–85 cm
Weight	35–60 kg	50–75 kg
Recognition features	Large, powerful, rustic and calm dog, slightly longer than high Thick short to medium-length coat in black, wolf-grey, fawn or yellow, with or without brindle Always with white markings, or white with patches	Large, strong, rustic molosser with a square profile and long legs Thick, smooth medium-length coat; white with black, yellow or wolf-grey markings, or solid Calm, reserved, serene expression
Coat	Short or medium-length (preferred), thick, straight, dense coat evenly spread down to between the toes; black, wolf grey, fawn or yellow, with or without brindle, always with white markings, or white with patches.	Thick, medium-length, smooth, very dense coat with obvious undercoat; white with black, yellow, fawn or wolf-grey markings, or solid fawn, yellow or wolf-grey, brindled or not.
Purpose	A Portuguese guard dog for property and livestock, believed to descend from Middle Eastern molossers.	A Portuguese mountain mastiff from Trás-os-Montes, a guardian of sheep and goat flocks against wolves.

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