ʻAʻole ʻo Basenji kahi ʻano kaulana loa, akā pono maoli ka nānā. Ua like lākou me nā gazelles liʻiliʻi, no ka mea, he pāʻani lākou, ʻoluʻolu, a me ka haʻuki.
ʻO ka ʻīlio Basenji he mau holoholona ʻakaʻaka a ʻakaʻaka me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka ikehu, ʻoliʻoli mau, a hoihoi loa.