Thigh of hare, foot of cat

Stories and art of medieval European hunts feature greyhounds of all sizes, including very large hounds described as "rough-coated greyhounds."

The 1300s definitive guide to hunting, Livre de Chasse by Gaston Phoebus, shows different kinds of hunting dogs: 

Note the large "rough-coated greyhound," top left, and compare with the smaller greyhounds, at center.

Livre de Chasse and another Middle Ages work, Le Roman de déduis, describe the ideal hunting greyhound: 

"Muzzle of wolf, haunch of lion, neck of swan ... eye of sparrowhawk, ear of snake ...

"He had a shoulder like the roe's;

His flank was like the woodland doe's;

Loin of stag; tail of rat;

Thigh of hare and foot of cat."

(From The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk, 2003, Castle Books, copyright John Cummins)

Compare with the American Kennel Club breed standard for the Irish Wolfhound which emphasizes that Wolfhounds are a "rough-coated greyhound-like breed." And it's only about 700 years later!