Kurī
Polynesian dog breed of the Māori, extinct by the 1860s.
The Kurī was a breed of Polynesian Dog kept by Māori people, introduced to New Zealand during their migration from East Polynesia in the 13th century AD. Māori tradition holds that the demigod Māui transformed his brother-in-law Irawaru into the first dog. The breed became extinct in the 1860s.
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