Dog breed

Great Dane

Origin: Germany

Also known as: Deutsche Dogge, German Mastiff

The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer. They were also used as guardian dogs of German nobility. It is one of the two largest dog breeds in the world, along with the Irish Wolfhound.

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Sources & references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dane
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5414

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