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Coonhound
- Animal
- Dog
- Type
- Scent hound
- Origin
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About the Coonhound
A coonhound, colloquially a coon dog, is a type of scenthound, a member of the hound group. They are an American type of hunting dog developed for the hunting of raccoons and also for feral pigs, bobcats, cougars, and bears. There are six distinct breeds of coonhound.
Other scent hound breeds
Buckhound Photo: William Henry Hopkins · Public domain 
Staghound Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain 
Cordoba Fighting Dog Argentina Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain 
Photo credits6 photographs on this page
- Coonhound — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Buckhound — William Henry Hopkins · Public domain · file page
- Staghound — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · file page
- West Country Harrier — Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · file page
- Cordoba Fighting Dog — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · file page
- Coton de Tulear — Uschi Goess · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
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