alco

Updated: May 17, 2025

Domingo, is the Alco of Mexico, with its small head, short neck, and very thick body. Those of the Pampas having assumed the shapes of all the dogs transported from Europe, have now settled into what may be called curs. They are very bold, very sagacious, are not inimical to men, but destructive to the young animals in herds.

Mrs. R. Lee - Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals

This last is short-haired and smooth-coated: therefore differing altogether from the Indian dogs of the prairies. In Mexico, there are two or three native dogs: found there on the arrival of Europeans. One is the Alco a dog remarkable for a curious hunch or protuberance upon the back and shoulders, a thick short neck, and small pointed muzzle.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys