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Also known as gazehound, FCI Sighthound Group, sight hound

thumb|right|A Whippet: characteristic long legs, deep chest, and narrow waist of a sighthound

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Appearance
  • History
  • List of sighthound breeds
  • Crossbreed sighthound types
  • Breeds considered to be controversial, not having by origin a sighthound function
  • Kennel club classification
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|right|A Whippet: characteristic long legs, deep chest, and narrow waist of a sighthound

Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) are a type of hound dog that hunts primarily by sight and speed, unlike scent hounds, which rely on scent and endurance.

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

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