Comparison: French Tricolour Hound and Poitevin

French Tricolour Hound and Poitevin are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

French Tricolour Hound
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Poitevin
Photo: Canarian, CC BY 4.0, source
French Tricolour HoundPoitevin
FCI group6. Scent hounds and related breeds6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of originFranceFrance
CategoryLargeLarge
Height at withers60–72 cm60–72 cm
Recognition features
  • Tricolour coat with a more or less spread-out black mantle
  • Bright, even copper-coloured tan markings
  • Large, elegant pack hound, well boned and muscled
  • Tricolour coat with a black saddle or large black patches, sometimes white and orange
  • Short, glossy coat, often with wolf-coloured hair
  • Elegant, strong yet light hound with a black nose
CoatShort and rather fine coat; tricolour with black mantle and bright tan, grizzled "wolf colour" is admitted.Short, glossy coat; tricolour with a black saddle or large patches, less often white and orange.
PurposeLarge pack hound for big game.–

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