terrier
Terrier is the name of various dog breeds, mainly small to medium-sized . Terriers were originally hunting dogs that were bred to drive foxes and badgers out of their underground burrows. The name terrier is derived from the French term terre ( earth ). Today's terrier breeds are bred for different purposes, many of the breeds, but not all of them, show pronounced hunting behavior, with some there are different breeding lines for dogs for hunting or family dogs .
Races
The following list is a compilation of terrier breeds. For breeds recognized by the FCI , the group, the section and the number of the breed standard according to the FCI nomenclature are given in brackets . Most terrier breeds are grouped together in FCI group 3 .
- Airedale Terrier (3/1/7)
- American Hairless Terrier
- American Pit Bull Terrier
- American Staffordshire Terrier (3/3/286)
- American Toy Terrier
- Australian Silky Terrier (3/4/236)
- Australian Terrier (3/2/8)
- Bedlington Terrier (3/1/9)
- Border Terrier (3/1/10)
- Boston Terrier (9/11/140)
- Bull Terrier (3/3/11)
- Cairn Terrier (3/2/4)
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier (3/2/168)
- German Jagdterrier (3/1/103)
- English Toy Terrier (3/4/13)
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Fox terrier
- Fox Terrier (Smooth) (3/1/12) (Smooth-haired)
- Fox Terrier (Wire) (3/1/169) (Wirehaired)
- Glen of Imaal Terrier (3/1/302)
- Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier (3/1/40)
- Irish Terrier (3/1/139)
- Jack Russell Terrier (3/2/345)
- Japanese Terrier (3/2/259)
- Kerry Blue Terrier (3/1/3)
- Lakeland Terrier (3/1/70)
- Manchester Terrier (3/1/71)
- Miniature Bull Terrier (3/3/359)
- Norfolk Terrier (3/2/272)
- Norwich Terrier (3/2/72)
- Parson Russell Terrier (3/1/339)
- Patterdale Terrier
- Rat Terrier
- Russian Black Terrier ( Russkiy Tchiorny Terrier ) (2/1/327)
- Scottish Terrier (3/2/73)
- Sealyham Terrier (3/2/74)
- Skye Terrier (3/2/75)
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier ( Staffordshire Terrier ) (3/3/76)
- Terrier Brasileiro (3/1/341)
- Czech Terrier (3/2/246)
- Welsh Terrier (3/1/78)
- West Highland White Terrier (3/2/85)
- Yorkshire Terrier (3/4/86)
Web links
Wiktionary: Terrier - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
