Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rhodesian Ridgeback is a breed of dog.
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Other names | African Lion Dog | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicknames | Ridgeback | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country of origin | Southern Africa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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It has a red-brown coat of fur on its body and a line of hair down its back which is different from the rest of hair on its body. They are sometimes called The African Lion Dog, because they were used by hunters in Africa to find and confuse lions while the hunter shot the lion.
Rhodesian Ridgeback Media
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Rhodesian Ridgeback" (PDF). Fédération Cynologique Internationale. 10 December 1996. Retrieved 10 October 2016.