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Ancient World landscape

Vertragus

Also known as Vertagus, Celtic Greyhound.

Related breedRough Collie1800 to 1886 · United Kingdom

Vertragus at a glance

Origin
Gaul, France
Appeared
300 BCE to 150 CE (likely)
Family
UK Rural
Type
Sighthound
Size
Medium
Life span
Not recorded
Recognised by
No major club
Status
Extinct

The name. Latin vertragus, from Gaulish, usually read as "swift-footed".

Same familyAfricanis300 CE to 1000 · South Africa

Family and relatives

Same eraCanaan Dog2000 BCE to 1966 · Israel

Place in time

The Vertragus appears 300 BCE to 150 CE (likely), in the Ancient World, when 68 breeds first appeared.

A full article on the Vertragus is coming. Meanwhile, the Border Collie shows what every breed page will hold: see the Border Collie.