Hound Group

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The Hound Group is a designation used by most major English-language kennel clubs, including the American Kennel Club, the Australian National Kennel Council, the Canadian Kennel Club, The Kennel Club (of London), and the New Zealand Kennel Club.

Most hounds share the common ancestral trait of being used for hunting. Some use acute scenting powers to follow a trail. Others demonstrate a gift of stamina as they relentlessly run down quarry. Beyond this, however, generalizations about hounds are hard to come by, since the Group encompasses quite a diverse lot. There are Pharaoh Hounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Afghans and Beagles, among others. Some hounds share the distinct ability to produce a unique sound known as baying.

Dogs in the Hound Group. Differences between kennel clubs are noted in parentheses.

Afghan Hound	American Foxhound (recognised only by the AKC and CKC)	Australian Dingo (recognised only by the ANKC)
Azawakh (recognised only by the KC)	Basenji	Basset Bleu de Gascogne (recognised only by the KC)
Basset Fauve de Bretagne (recognised only by the ANKC, KC and NZKC)	Basset Hound	Bavarian Mountain Hound (recognised only by the KC)
Beagle	Black and Tan Coonhound (recognised only by the AKC and CKC)	Bloodhound
Bluetick Coonhound (recognised only by the ANKC and NZKC)	Borzoi	Cirneco dell'Etna (recognised only by the KC)
Dachshund	Drever (recognised only by the CKC)	English Foxhound
Finnish Spitz (AKC Non-sporting Group)	Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen (recognised only by the KC)	Grand Bleu de Gascogne (recognised only by the KC)
Greyhound	Hamiltonstövare (not recognised by the AKC and CKC)	Harrier (not recognised by the KC)
Ibizan Hound	Irish Wolfhound	Norrbottenspets (recognised only by the CKC)
Norwegian Elkhound	Norwegian Lundehund (recognised only by the KC and the CKC)	Otterhound
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen	Pharaoh Hound	Plott Hound (recognised only by the AKC)
Portuguese Podengo (small) (recognised only by the KC)	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Saluki
Scottish Deerhound	Segugio Italiano (recognised only by the KC)	Sloughi (not recognised by the AKC or CKC)
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