Editing Sloughi (section)

==History==
[[File:Arabian Greyhound from 1915.JPG|thumb|Arabian Greyhound circa 1915]]

The Sloughi has existed for centuries in North Africa, primarily in [[Algeria]], [[Morocco]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]] and [[Egypt]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bamford |first=Susan |date=2011-12-01 |title=The Sloughi - Slougui - Arabian Greyhound |url=https://padsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Journal-of-PADS-29.Engl-1.pdf |journal=Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Society |volume=28 |pages=4–23}}</ref> The word ''sloughi'' is likely a Berber pronunciation of the Arabic ''saluki'', the similarly-looking and -behaving Arabian sighthound; the two breeds likely share a common ancestor.<ref name=":0" /> Algerian [[Neolithic]] rock paintings, plus tomb paintings and [[hieroglyphics]] in Egypt, have been discovered portraying distinctly slender dogs with drooped ears, hinting at the breed's earlier origins.<ref name=":0" />  Sloughis are still used for hunting in North African countries, as well as being  a reliable familial guard dog. The Sloughi was accepted into the [[Fédération Cynologique Internationale|FCI]] in 1998, receiving recognition by the [[American Kennel Club]] as recently as January 1, 2016, and being able to compete in the AKC Hound Group.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=American Kennel Club|url=http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/sloughi/ | title=Sloughi | series = Breed Traits & Characteristics | access-date=5 Jan 2016}}</ref><ref name="FCI" />