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A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. Its abilities can be contrasted with gun dogs, which assist hunters by identifying the location of prey or retrievers which recover shot quarry.

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

Type Example
Sighthounds, which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. This type of dog is very fast and will catch and kill game (hare, gazelle, deer) by itself.
Whippet
Scent hounds, which follow prey by tracking its scent. This type of dog has endurance, but they are not fast runners.
Basset Hound
The 'other' Hounds follow prey by sight and scent. These breeds are difficult to classify, and few fall into the sighthound or scenthound groups.
Rhodesian Ridgeback.

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Scenthounds Alpine Dachsbracke  · Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie  · Ariegeois  · Artois Hound  · Basset Bleu de Gascogne  · Basset Fauve de Bretagne  · Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)  · Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)  · Basset Hound  · Bavarian Mountain Hound  · Beagle  · Beagle-Harrier  · Blackmouth Cur  · Black and Tan Coonhound  · Bloodhound  · Bluetick Coonhound  · Dachshund  · Drever  · English Coonhound  · Finnish Hound  · Foxhound (American)  · Foxhound (English)  · Grand Bleu de Gascogne  · Hamiltonstovare  · Harrier  · Hungarian hound  · Otterhound  · Siberian Tiger Hound  · Plott Hound  · Polish Hound  · Portuguese Podengo  · Segugio Italiano  · Schweizer Laufhund
Sighthounds Afghan Hound  · American Staghound  · Azawakh  · Borzoi  · Chart Polski  · Chippiparai  · Galgo Español  · Greyhound  · Hortaya Borzaya  · Irish Wolfhound  · Italian Greyhound  · Kanni  · Longdog  · Lurcher  · Magyar Agar  · Mudhol Hound  · Rajapalayam  · Rampur Greyhound  · Saluki  · Scottish Deerhound  · Silken Windhound  · Sloughi  · Taigan  · Whippet
Other hounds Basenji  · Cirneco dell'Etna  · Kombai  · Ibizan Hound  · Pharaoh Hound  · Rhodesian Ridgeback  · Thai Ridgeback
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