Rhodesian Ridgeback

Hounds & sighthounds · Rhodesia

About the Rhodesian Ridgeback

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large dog breed originally bred in Southern Africa. The original breed standard was drafted by F.R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, in 1922, and approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1927. Its forebears can be traced to the ridged hunting and guardian dogs of the Khoikhoi. These were interbred with European dogs by the early colonists of the Cape Colony for the baying of lions.

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

Type	Hounds & sighthounds
Origin (Wikidata)	Rhodesia
Origin (Wikipedia infobox)	Southern Africa
Map pin	Representative point in Rhodesia (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 63–69 cm (25–27 in) Females: 61–66 cm (24–26 in)
Weight	Males: 36.5 kg (80 lb) Females: 32 kg (71 lb)
Size class	Large (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 6 (standard no. 146)
Wikidata	Q39026

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.

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