Mary Allen
Coton zuriyar tsohuwar dangin Bichon ce. Waɗannan karnuka ne ƙanana, gajerun ƙafafu abokan tafiya na yankin Bahar Rum waɗanda aka horar da su na dubban shekaru. Kalmar "Bichon" an ce ta samo asali ne daga Faransanci don "bichonner". Ma'ana tausasawa. Yanzu za a iya tambayar wane ne ya lalace a nan, kare ko mutum? Amsar a bayyane take: Tare da Bichons, bangarorin biyu suna lalata juna. Ƙungiyar Bichon ta haɗa da Maltese, Bolognese, Bichon Frisé, da Havanese.
#1 Coton de Tuléar yana da kamanceceniya da yawa a tarihi tare da Havanese.
#2 Dukansu an kafa su a tsibirai a zamanin mulkin mallaka: Havanese a Cuba, Coton a Madagascar.
Tare da masu mulkin mallaka, kakannin biyu sun zo tsibirin a matsayin karnukan cinya ga mata masu arziki. A can sun haɓaka abubuwan da suka shafi yanki tsawon ƙarni.
#3 Coton de Tuléar ya ɓullo da gashin gashi na musamman wanda yake tunawa da auduga yayin da yake fitowa kai tsaye daga shuka.
Kamar yadda aka ambata a sama, Coton shine kalmar Faransanci don auduga. Tuléar shine sunan Faransanci na Toliara, babban birnin lardin wannan suna a kudu maso yammacin Madagascar.