The names below are regional and provincial labels that appear in our research on this group. Based on the evidence collected so far, none is yet established as a distinct breed — each is best understood as a local type, naming variant, or unverified landrace within the wider complex. They are held here, openly and without a standalone breed page, until stronger direct evidence (genetic, morphometric, or registry) is found. This is a living reference and these determinations may change.
Most are documented in relation to the parent breed Tibetan Mastiff.
The report concludes the Bhotia "remains scientifically a named placeholder within the Himalayan LGD complex — recognized by ICAR-NBAGR as existing, but essentially undocumented as a breed," with no dedicated phenotypic
See Tibetan Mastiff →Report treats it as "not a single breed but a landrace complex spanning multiple regional working/guardian types" with no direct genomic study of any variant (all evidence is Tibetan Mastiff PROXY) and ICAR-NBAGR listing
See Tibetan Mastiff →No explicit classification line; report states the Kyi Apso is "one of the most evidence-sparse breeds in this entire series," with no peer-reviewed study, only breed-club/enthusiast sources, proxy-only genomics, and sev