Australia's Dingo Is a Unique Species, Study Shows

Reuters ^ | Tue Apr 1, 2014 | Pauline Askin

[nickcarraway]

Australia's dingo is a unique species, not a kind of wild dog as previously believed, according to a new study that definitively classifies the country's largest land predator.

The research by Australian scientists, published in the Journal of Zoology, resurrected the species name "Canis dingo", first adopted in 1793 by Friedrich Meyer, a German naturalist.

"What we've done is describe the dingo more scientifically," Mike Letnic from the University of New South Wales told Reuters.

[Perdogg]

ping

[BBB333]

“Baby - the other white meat”! - Fat bastard

[beethovenfan]

“The dingo ate yo baby.”

[a fool in paradise]

"You made a dingo!"

[JoeProBono]

[Flag_This]

“Canis Dingo” - my old wrestling name.

[JRios1968]

Zoot's sister?

[blueunicorn6]

Somehow, in ancient times, a Dingo mated with a Ling and produced the Dingoling. This is where Harry Reid comes from.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

[PIF]

“Dingoes were introduced to Australia around 3,000 to 5,000 years ago, with genetic evidence suggesting they originated from East Asian domestic dogs.”

[Kenny Bunk]

he dingo ate yo baby.

No, it's

"Deengoh oight mee byebee."

Yew be cayful way yew tawk strine, might, Sepik tanks hadly eva gitit roight.

BTW, Meryl Streep said it pretty good in the movie. Pratice....

"Deengoh oight mee byebee."

[ZULU]

Dingoes were introduced to Australia around 3,000 to 5,000 years ago, with genetic evidence suggesting they originated from East Asian domestic dogs.

Above that they said the Dingo is a separate species. What gives.

As for making off with a little baby, that is opportunist behavior nearly any predator would exhibit. People need to take close care of children in the presence of wild animals and go about armed - unfortunately not possible in the kind of Country Australia is.

[Salamander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euynO-7jqus

[Hawthorn]

>> Above that they said the Dingo is a separate species. What gives. <<

Indeed. And I thought that one species couldn’t cross-breed with another, yet the article says most “dingos” are now cross-bred with feral dogs!

[Segovia]

My Australian Blue Heeler Cattle dog is descended from Dingos and Border Collies. Then in the 1930s some vet in Australia set about breeding his Heeler stock back to Dingos, didn’t turn out well, but it sort of proves that Dingos are wild dogs.

[blam]

The Dixie Dingo

[blam]

Australian Dingos, Pictures

Carolina Dogs, Pictures (Dixie Dingos)

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[Ditter]

blam do you think there are any Dixie Dingos still living in the wild in the US?

freekitty, come look at the link that blam has provided.