Well, I’m glad I held off on any dog breeds until now. I suspected I’d be glad to have the whole “arsenal” of breeds available for some difficult letter–and that for sure turned out to be the case. You may know this dog by the name “Mexican Hairless,” but it’s also knows as the Xoloitzcuintle (and that’s its breed name, not a Latin species name–I’ve been trying to avoid those).
You can follow the other “X” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com.
X is for Xoloitzcuintle
The original art for this is for sale here.
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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using a scientific name in a pinch…
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@Isaac – No, not at all… That was just a personal constraint *I* decided on for myself at the beginning of the project.