Comparison: Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound and Istrian Wire-Haired Hound

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

	Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound	Istrian Wire-Haired Hound
FCI group	6. Scent hounds and related breeds	6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of origin	Austria	Croatia
Category	Medium	Medium
Height at withers	45–53 cm	48–54 cm
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	Wiry, slightly wavy coat 5–8 cm long, dull, with moustache, beard and eyebrows Snow-white with orange markings on head and body Rustic, robust appearance and stern expression
Coat	Rough, harsh coat without gloss, not shaggy; red and fawn.	Wiry, harsh, slightly wavy coat 5–8 cm, dull, with moustache and beard; snow-white with orange markings.
Purpose	Mountain hound used both for hunting by giving tongue and, very often, for pure tracking of wounded game in difficult terrain.	Enduring hound for hare, fox and boar and usable as a tracking leash hound, in any weather and in rough, stony or hilly terrain.

Breed page: Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound · Breed page: Istrian Wire-Haired Hound

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