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References
- 1 2 3 Standard del Segugio dell'Appennino (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
- 1 2 3 Segugio dell'Appennino (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
- ↑ Razze Italiane (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed February 2021.
- 1 2 Fabrizio Crivellari (9 March 2010). Segugio dell'Appennino (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
- 1 2 Vincenzo La Manna, Emiliano Lasagna, Simone Ceccobelli, Piera Di Lorenzo, Attilio M. De Cosmo, George Attard, Francesca M. Sarti, Francesco Panella, Carlo Renieri (2015). Genetic Differentiation Between Segugio Dell'Appennino and Segugio Maremmano Dog Breeds Assessed by Microsatellite Markers. Italian Journal of Animal Science. 14 (3): 327–331. doi:10.4081/ijas.2015.3809.
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