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Alaunt
Sign in to saveThe Alaunt is an extinct type of dog which came in different forms, with the original possibly having existed in the North Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe from ancient times.
Key facts
- Dogbreed.image
- Alaunt in Adorazione dei Magi by Gentile da Fabriano.jpg
- Dogbreed.image_caption
- Detail of the altarpiece, Adoration of the Magi, from 1423 by the Italian painter Gentile da Fabriano
- Dogbreed.origin
- Pontic-Caspian Steppe
- Dogbreed.name
- Alaunt
- Dogbreed.altname
- AlãoAlanoAlangu
- Dogbreed.extinct
- true
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- Image
- British Alaunt side view.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notes
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The Alaunt is an extinct type of dog which came in different forms, with the original possibly having existed in the North Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe from ancient times.
This type of dog may have been developed by the Alans, and was renowned primarily for its quality as a large-game catch dog, and as a war dog and guard dog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alaunt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.