Sentences with phrase «sized sighthound»

This medium - sized sighthound originates from Central Africa where it was used as a hunting dog.

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The Sloughi is a medium - sized breed of the sighthound group.

Sometimes called the Persian Greyhound, the Saluki is a medium - sized breed of the sighthound group, that originated in the Fertile Crescent.

From the little Italian greyhound to the huge Irish wolfhound, sighthounds come in a range of sizes and breeds but are built for speed, with long bodies and legs, broad chests and very little body fat.

The hounds come in many sizes and in two basic types — scent hounds, who follow their noses anywhere, and sighthounds, whose gaze lingers on the horizon in the search for game.

Both hound types were selectively bred to hunt a wide variety of animals: Sighthounds were used to find and chase down large game such as deer, elk, moose, and wild boar; small hounds used scent to chase prey into the ground; and medium - sized hounds utilized both sight and scent for smaller game like rabbits and foxes.