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The Basset Hound's ears are extremely long drop ears. Dogs' ears come in a variety of sizes, shapes, lengths, positions on the head, and amounts and types of droop. Every variation has a term, including:

• Bat ear: Erect, broad next to the head and rounded at the tip.
• Button ear: A smaller ear where the tip folds forward nearly to the skull, forming a V, as in the Jack Russell Terrier.
• Cropped ear: Shaped by cutting; see docking.
• Drop ear: An ear that folds and droops close to the head, such as most scent hounds'. Also called a pendant ear.
• Natural: Like a wolf's.
• Prick ear: Erect and pointed; also called pricked or erect.
• Rose ear: A very small drop ear that folds back; typical of many sight hounds and the English Bulldog.
• Semiprick ear: A prick ear where the tip just begins to fold forward, as in the Rough Collie.

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