Hunting dogs · the Scent

Basset Hound[4]

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Photograph of the Basset Hound breed
Photo: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Family
Hunting dogs[2] an editorial choice of Dogtrails, not genetic data
Clade
Scent Hound[1]
FCI
Standard no. 163, group 6[5] Scent hounds
Origin
Great Britain[5] Map point 54°36′ N · 2° W[6]
Developed in
Not yet sourced
Fixed around
Not yet sourced
In the study
BASS[1] Parker et al. 2017 abbreviation

In the tree

It sits in a group of 7 breeds whose order the DNA does not decide. [1]

Also in the Scent Hound clade: Beagle, Bloodhound, Dachshund, English Foxhound, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Redbone Coonhound.

Groupings with a DNA support below 50 / 100 are merged, as in the explorer. The tree holds 161 breeds.

Sources

  1. Parker HG, Dreger DL, Rimbault M, et al. Genomic Analyses Reveal the Influence of Geographic Origin, Migration, and Hybridization on Modern Dog Breed Development. Cell Reports 19(4):697-708, 2017. read 2026-11-04
  2. Dogtrails visual system, docs/DESIGN.md §2 "Attribution des 30 races": editorial choice by breed, not a datum (docs/DESIGN.md) read 2026-11-04
  3. Wikidata Q37716 (basset hound) read 2026-11-09
  4. Dogtrails display names, data/manual/display-names.json: Casing only. Wikidata label "Basset hound"; Parker and FCI 163: Basset Hound. (data/manual/display-names.json) read 2026-11-09
  5. FCI nomenclature, standard n° 163 "BASSET HOUND" (unofficial export paiv/fci-breeds, commit 88aaca5) read 2026-11-09
  6. Wikidata Q145 (United Kingdom, P625) read 2026-11-09

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