Facie debent esse formosi, magnitudine ampla, oculis nigrantibus aut ravis, naribus congruentibus, labris subnigris aut rubicundis neque resimis superioribus nec pendulis subtus, mento suppresso et ex eo enatis duobus dentibus dextra et sinistra paulo eminulis, superioribus directis potius quam brocchis, acutos quos habeant labro tectos, capitibus et auriculis magnis ac flaccis, crassis cervicibus ac collo, internodis articulorum longis, cruribus rectis et potius varis quam vatiis, pedibus magnis et latis, qui ingredienti ei displodantur, digitis discretis, unguibus duris ac curvis, solo ne ut corneo ne nimium duro, sed ut fermentato ac molli; a feminibus summis corpore suppresso, spina neque eminula neque curva, cauda crassa; latrato gravi, hiatu magno, colore potissimum albo, quod in tenebris facilius agnoscuntur, specie leonina.
They should be comely in face, of good size, with eyes either darkish or yellowish, symmetrical nostrils, lips blackish or reddish, the upper lip neither raised too high nor drooping low, stubby jaw with two fangs projecting somewhat from it on the right and left, the upper straight rather than curved, their sharp teeth covered by the lip, large head, large and drooping ears, thick shoulders and neck, the thighs and shanks long, legs straight and rather bowed in than out, large, wide paws which spread as he walks, the toes separated, the claws hard and curving, the sole of the foot not horny or too hard, but rather spongy, as it were, and soft; with the body tapering at the top of the thigh, the backbone neither projecting nor swayed, tail thick; with a deep bark, wide gape, preferably white in colour, so that they may the more readily be distinguished in the dark; and of a leonine appearance.
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