Fewer than 500 exist of Norway’s happy Hygen Hound, prized by Vikings as hunters but almost extinct after a canine disease outbreak in the mid-20th century.  

While the elegant Spanish Galgo has been present for centuries, popularity of the Greyhound cousin ebbs and flows based on economic factors.  

Israel’s rugged Canaan Dog, a Bedouin shepherd breed named after Canaan of the Bible, was at one point almost entirely wiped out. 

Strange for its signature split nose, feline-esque Turkish Catalburun means "forked nose," with rumors of only 200 remaining globally.  

Originally British hunting hounds, amiable Otterhounds today number less than 600 animals left worldwide.  

Versatile Mudis rank among Hungary’s treasured native breeds, but only around 4,000 exist due to their relative obscurity