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Italian Greyhound

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dog breed

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Within Vinony's link graph, Italian Greyhound is referenced by 259 other articles, and connects out to Afghan Hound, sighthound and Irish wolfhound.

It sits within the topics Companion dogs, Dog breeds originating in Italy and FCI breeds.

Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Other names
Italian Sighthound Piccolo Levriero Italiano
Origin
Italy
Height
32 to 38 cm (13 to 15 in)
Weight
not over 5 kg (11 lb)
Colour
solid black, grey or isabelline

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
dog breed
Country of origin
Italy
Mass
5
Image
Charciki Włoskie, dorosły i szczeniak.jpg
Height
38
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Commons category
Italian Greyhound
Commons gallery
Italian Greyhound
catalog code
200
litter size
3.3
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Encyclopedic overview

Dog (domestic dog)

The Italian Greyhound or Piccolo Levriero Italiano is an Italian breed of small sighthound. It was bred to hunt hare and rabbit, but is kept mostly as a companion dog. The English-language name used for it by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale is Italian Sighthound.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Italian Greyhound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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