Comparison: Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound and Hanoverian Scent Hound

Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound and Hanoverian Scent Hound are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound	Hanoverian Scent Hound
FCI group	6. Scent hounds and related breeds	6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of origin	Austria	Germany
Category	Medium	Medium
Height at withers	45–53 cm	48–55 cm
Weight	–	25–40 kg
Recognition features	Rough, harsh, lustreless coat, shorter on the head and forming a moustache Red and fawn colour, a white chest mark is permitted Medium-sized, strongly muscled dog with a serious but not vicious expression	Light to dark deer-red, more or less brindled, with or without mask Short, thick, coarse to harsh coat Medium-sized, powerful, well proportioned; calm, assured and sensitive with his handler
Coat	Rough, harsh coat without gloss, not shaggy; red and fawn.	Short, thick, coarse to harsh coat; light to dark deer-red, brindled, with or without mask.
Purpose	Mountain hound used both for hunting by giving tongue and, very often, for pure tracking of wounded game in difficult terrain.	Highly specialised tracking hound for wounded game; must pass the required working trials.

Breed page: Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound · Breed page: Hanoverian Scent Hound

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