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Daily sleep
  
Greyhound: 18 hours

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Height
  
Basset Hound: 30 – 38 cm, Beagle: 33 – 41 cm

Speed
  
Greyhound: 70 km/h, Whippet: 56 km/h, Italian Greyhound: 40 km/h, Saluki: 69 km/h, Azawakh: 64 km/h

Lifespan
  
Basset Hound: 11 – 12 years, Beagle: 12 – 15 years

Mass
  
Basset Hound: 25 – 34 kg, Beagle: 10 – 11 kg

Representative species
  
Basset Hound, Beagle, Dachshund, Greyhound, Bloodhound

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"Hound" is a synonym for "dog", also used in a more specific sense to refer to a type of dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.

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Description

Hounds can be contrasted with gundogs, which assist hunters by identifying the location of prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The hound breeds were the first hunting dogs. They have either a powerful sense of smell or great speed.

There are three types of hound, with several breeds within each type:

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  • Sighthounds (also called gazehounds), which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are fast and assist hunters in catching game—fox, hare, deer and elk.
  • Scenthounds, which follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance but are not fast runners.
  • The remaining breeds of hound follow their prey using both sight and scent; difficult to classify as they are neither sighthound nor scent hound.

    • Hound Group

    This may not include all hound-type dogs. The international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, does not have a Hound Group and includes most hound-type dogs in Group 6, Scenthounds and related Breeds, and Group 10, Sighthounds.

    References

    Hound Wikipedia
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