The Rastreador Brasileiro (English: Brazilian Tracker) is a mid- to large-sized breed of dog—specifically a scent hound—from Brazil, also known by the names Urrador (for its signature baying and howl when hunting) or Urrador Americano, a reference to the North American (U.S.) coonhound in the breed's bloodlines and genealogy.
[1] First recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) in 1967, by 1973, an outbreak of disease and an overdose of insecticides, effectively eliminated the breed's entire population; both the FCI and the Confederação Brasileira de Cinofilia (CBC), Brazil's kennel club organization, declared the breed extinct that year and de-listed it.
In 2013, the Brazilian Kennel Club (CBKC) officially re-recognized the breed.
[2] The Grupo de Apoio ao Resgate do Rastreador Brasileiro in Brazil, a club dedicated to the Brazilian restoration of the breed, lists as an objective the finding of 40 breeding animals of the correct type that can be certified as members of the breed, so as to eventually be once again recognised by the Brazilian Kennel Club.
[4] Restoration of the breed is difficult due to the existence of very few dogs of the correct type and the lack of people interested in recovering the true Brazilian cultural and genetic heritage of the breed.