Ua ʻike ʻia a ʻike ʻia nā Greyhounds i ko lākou ʻano morphology: he slender, elongated a lahilahi, me nā wāwae lōʻihi a lahilahi a me ka umauma hohonu. Hāʻawi kēia morphology iā lākou i ke ʻano o ka sprinting ma mua o nā ʻano ʻīlio ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka greyhound ka ʻīlio wale nō i hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka "lele lele" kaulana. ʻOiai ʻokoʻa ka nui o ko lākou nui mai kekahi ʻano a i kekahi, ʻo nā greyhounds āpau he ʻano morphology "graoid": ʻo ke kino a lahilahi a lohi, lōʻihi a lahilahi ke poʻo a me ka waha.

Lauoho : pōkole (English wolfhound, Hungarian…), semi-long (Irish wolfhound…), a lōʻihi paha (Borzoi, Afghan hound…).

Size (ke kiʻekiʻe ma nā mea maloʻo): mai 30 knm no ka wolfhound Italian liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ma mua o 80 cm no ka wolfhound Irish (Wolfhound ʻIlelani).

Weight : mai 5 kg a oi ma mua o 50 kg ma muli o ka pua.

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "greyhound" mai ka huaʻōlelo "hare". No laila ua lawelawe kēia mau ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hahai holoholona, ​​ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ko lākou mākaukau heihei. He mea paʻakikī loa ka kākau ʻana i kahi moʻolelo koʻikoʻi no ka mea he nui ka ʻokoʻa i loko o ka hui o nā greyhounds. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ke ola ʻana o nā ʻīlio e pili ana i nā greyhounds i kēia manawa mai ka wā kahiko a ua hōʻoia ʻia e nā ʻāpana kiʻi e like me nā kiʻi pena, nā kaha kiʻi a me nā kiʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā ʻano ʻano greyhound i kēia manawa no Asia a me ʻApelika.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole hoʻohana nui ʻia ka ʻīlio hae no ka hahai holoholona, ​​​​ua hoʻololi ʻia ia i ʻīlio hoa. Aia nā ʻano maʻamau i nā ʻano ʻano o ka greyhound: ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou he mau holoholona me ka naʻau a mālama ʻia, mamao mai nā malihini a i kekahi manawa mai ko lākou ʻohana (he nui nā mea nona ka greyhound akā ʻōlelo lākou i ko lākou pili ʻana i ko lākou ʻohana). E like me ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio i lilo i ʻīlio a ʻaʻole hana i nā ʻīlio i hāʻawi ʻia i kēia a i kēlā hana, ʻaʻole hiki i nā greyhounds ke hoʻokō i ka waiho wale ʻia no nā hola lōʻihi.

He ʻano physiology ko Greyhounds i ʻokoʻa loa mai ko nā ʻano ʻīlio ʻē aʻe. Ke emi loa nei ka nui o kā lākou momona, pono ke nānā pono ʻia kā lākou ʻai. ʻO ke kūpono, pono e hoʻomohala ʻia me ke kōkua o kahi mea lapaʻau nāna e hoʻololi i nā ʻai i ka holoholona.

Ua pāpā ʻia ka hopu ʻana me ka greyhound ma Farani mai ka waena o ke kenekulia XNUMX. Akā inā ʻaʻole hoʻohana hou ʻia kēia holoholona no kēia kumu, ua paʻa ia i nā ʻano hahai holoholona. No laila he mea pono loa ia e hoʻolako iā ia me kahi wahi noho paʻa a pale aku i ke alo o nā holoholona liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe i loko o ka hale.