Griffon
the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI): the griffon vendéens, the wirehaired pointers, and the smousje (Belgian companion dogs or Dutch Smoushond). The griffon type is characterized by rough or wire-hair.
The griffon is mentioned as early as Xenophon.[1] The hounds, Canis Segusius, used by the Gauls were griffons.[2] Among the oldest breeds are the Italian Wire-haired Pointing Bruxellois.[3][4]
Scenthounds (FCI Group 6, Section 1)
- large size, long hair
- Grand Griffon Vendéen
- medium size, coarse hair
- Briquet Griffon Vendéen
Griffon Bleu de Gascogne or Blue Gascony Griffon
Griffon Fauve de Bretagne or Fawn Brittany Griffon- Griffon Nivernais
- small size
- Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Contents
1 Pointers
2 Companion/Toy Dogs
3 Notes
4 External links
Pointers
Pointers (FCI Group 7, Section 1)
Spinone Italiano or Italian Griffon (FCI #165)- White-orange Italian Griffon
- Chestnut-roan Italian Griffon
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon or Korthals Griffon or French Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (FCI #107)
Český Fousek or Bohemian Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (FCI #245)
Slovak Rough-haired Pointer or Slovak Wiredhaired Pointer, Slovenský Ohař Hrubosrstý, or Slovenský Hrubosrsty Stavac (Ohar), (FCI #320)
German Wirehaired Pointer or Deutsch Drahthaar (FCI #98)
Drótszőrű Magyar Vizsla or Hungarian Wirehaired Pointer (Vizsla) (FCI #239)- Stichelhaar
Companion/Toy Dogs
Small Belgian Companion Dogs, "Smousje" (FCI Group 9, Section 3)
Griffon Bruxellois or Brussels Griffon (FCI #80)
Belgian Griffon or Griffon Belge (FCI #81)
Brabancon Griffon or Petit Brabançon (FCI #82) - has a short smooth coat
Notes
^ "Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals" FCI-Standard N° 107, 3 March 2010];
^ "Griffon Nivernais" FCI-Standard N° 17, 2 April 2004 Archived 11 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine.;
^ "Griffon Bruxellois, Griffon Belge, Petit Brabançon" FCI-Standards N° 80, 81 & 82, 5 May 2003;
^ van Lennep, John H. (1862) "Smousje" in Thomas, William John, et al. (eds.) (1862) Notes and Queries Bell & Daldy, 3rd Series, v. 1, p. 239;
External links
Fédération Cynologique Internationale World Canine Federation;
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