Chien color
Poil de lièvre
Dog color: a grizzled fawn of tawny, fawn and black-tipped hairs, like a hare's coat; the French hounds' 'poil de lièvre'. The Beagle's hare pied and the dark fawn of the Artois and Artesian Norman hounds, 'similar to the coat of the hare or the badger' (FCI 161, 28, 34). Compare badger gray, the grayer form, fawn and the agouti pattern.
2 Chien breeds list Poil de lièvre. It is in a club standard for 2 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Poil de lièvre
| Breed | FCI |
|---|---|
| Basset artésien normand | Standard (“black hair with grizzle (realising thus the former characteristic of hare pied or badger-pied)”) |
| Beagle | Standard (“hare pied”) |