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basset hound

dog breed
Taxon dog_breed Q37716
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Summary

basset hound is a dog breed[1]. It draws 14,295 Wikipedia views per month (dog breed category, ranking #60 of 588).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hound[3], hunting dog[4]
  • Commons category: Basset Hound[5]
  • Country of origin: France[6]
  • Catalog code: 163[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Basset Hound[8]
  • Commons gallery: Basset Hound[9]
  • Native label: Basset Hound[10]
  • Height: 33 cm[11], 38 cm[12]
  • Mass: 32 kg[13]
  • Life expectancy: 11.5 years[14]
  • Litter size: 6.7[15]

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Discovery and Description

Things named for basset hound include basset[16], a free software[17].

Why It Matters

basset hound has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include basset[16], a free software[17].

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Ultimate Guide to Dog Breeds. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0264036-baset
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0264036-baset, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+33'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+38'}
    Country of origin → France
    Subclass of → hound, hunting dog
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 22225, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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