American Foxhound

Hounds & sighthounds · United States

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About the American Foxhound

The American Foxhound is a breed of dog, closely related to the English Foxhound. They are scent hounds, bred to hunt foxes by scent. United States Founding Father George Washington was key to the breed's early development.

Text from the Wikipedia article “American Foxhound” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Hounds & sighthounds
Origin (Wikidata)	United States
Map pin	Representative point in United States (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 21–25 in (53–64 cm)
Weight	Males: 55–71 lb (25–32 kg)
Size class	Large (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 6 (standard no. 303)
Wikidata	Q37514

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

Dog breeds from the United States · Hounds & sighthounds