Great Dane

Mastiffs & molossers · Germany

About the Great Dane

The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer. They were also used as guardian dogs of German nobility. Along with the Irish Wolfhound, it is among the tallest dog breeds in the world.

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

Type	Mastiffs & molossers
Origin (Wikidata)	Germany
Map pin	Representative point in Germany (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 80–90 cm (31–35 in) Females: 72–84 cm (28–33 in)
Size class	Giant (our grouping, from the height above)
FCI classification	Group 2 (standard no. 235)
Wikidata	Q5414

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 Germany · Mastiffs & molossers