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Australia's Dingo Is a Unique Species, Study Shows
Reuters ^ | Tue Apr 1, 2014 | Pauline Askin

Posted on 04/01/2014 2:42:36 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: australia; canisdingo; dingo; dog; friedrichmeyer; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; maybeitateyourbaby
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To: Ditter
"blam do you think there are any Dixie Dingos still living in the wild in the US?"

Yes. I've read article describing that.
(it's been a while thought)

21 posted on 04/02/2014 7:29:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: Ditter

The picture in post 17 are Dixie Dingos in the wild.


22 posted on 04/02/2014 7:30:01 AM PDT by blam
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To: Segovia

I have a blue heeler as well. I've been trying to determine his ancestry and have come up with a couple different stories. One take is that collies were bred with dingoes, another is that a Scottish blue merle Drover's Dog was. Here is a good discussion of both.

Here's an article with a picture from the era of a blue merle Drover's dog.

23 posted on 04/02/2014 7:56:14 AM PDT by glock rocks (If you like your health plan, you're a racist !)
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To: blam

Interesting, I seem to remember this picture from a past post. So you think the wild dogs are still there?

In Mexico we saw dogs that looked like these, living the the streets that we called Mexican Yellow dogs.


24 posted on 04/02/2014 8:22:40 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
"Interesting, I seem to remember this picture from a past post. So you think the wild dogs are still there?"

Yup. The picture is from the original Science News article posted years ago. Yes, I think there are still wild dogs there.

"In Mexico we saw dogs that looked like these, living the the streets that we called Mexican Yellow dogs"

I've seen those dogs in many places in Mexico...they all look like they're related.

25 posted on 04/02/2014 10:40:03 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

The yellow dogs we have seen in Mexico have all been in the towns, roaming the streets like homeless dogs.


26 posted on 04/02/2014 10:48:50 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

I have heard there are two schools of thought on the dog and wolves. Some believe that all dogs didn’t evolve from the wolves.

What is a Dixie Dingo?

I have heard that at least one of my dogs came from dogs known as the Texas Woolies(it was a dog); but can’t find much on them.


27 posted on 04/02/2014 1:47:40 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty
The Dixie Dingo is the Carolina wild dog,I never heard of Texas Woolie. Let's ask Joe 6 pack.
28 posted on 04/02/2014 2:13:09 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Joe 6-pack; blam; nickcarraway

Go to frekitty’s post #17,I think and see if you have ever heard of a dog called a Texas Woolie.


29 posted on 04/02/2014 2:15:58 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Joe 6-pack; blam

Sorry that was post #27.


30 posted on 04/02/2014 2:19:34 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

Now, I have heard of the Carolina Wild Dog. I think I may have seen one at the Rare Breeds show. I have seen a native Indian dog which looks similar to the wolf but at another type of show. They are incredible; but you can’t crate them. They hate it. The Texas woolies I don’t remember much about them; but I do remember they were big and had somewhat of a sheep like coat.


31 posted on 04/02/2014 2:37:06 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty
I googled Texas Woolie dog and found out it is a goat. Lots of pictures. Why “dog” is part of the name I can't even imagine.
32 posted on 04/02/2014 3:03:22 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: freekitty; Ditter
"I have heard there are two schools of thought on the dog and wolves. Some believe that all dogs didn’t evolve from the wolves."

Where did dogs first appear? DNA points to Europe

Old Dog, New Origin: First Pooches Were European

"What is a Dixie Dingo?

Read the article linked in post #17 above.

"Genetic (mitochondrial DNA) testing being performed at the University of South Carolina, College of Science and Mathematics, indicates that these dogs, related to the earliest domesticated dogs, are the remnant descendants of the feral pariah canids who came across the Bering land mass 8,000 to 11,000 years ago as hunting companions to the ancestors of the Native Americans."

33 posted on 04/02/2014 3:44:32 PM PDT by blam
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To: Ditter; freekitty
Wooliedogs - Wooliedales

Woolie Animals

34 posted on 04/02/2014 3:51:44 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
LOL! I saw the stuffed wooley animals too but there were real goats mixed in with the stuffed animals.
35 posted on 04/02/2014 5:37:32 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: nickcarraway

This is no relation to America’s dumBO.


36 posted on 04/02/2014 5:38:56 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Ditter
BTW, the Canary Islands take their name from dogs, Canids, not the bird.
37 posted on 04/02/2014 6:39:43 PM PDT by blam
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To: Ditter

No, not the same. These were actual dogs. My breeder told me about them. I saw pics of them; but don’t’ know where they are. This guy that bred them has somewhat of a mysterious history. I think his last name was Baker. Don’t remember if he had some problems with another breed breeder; but it sounds like he did. Just never could get complete straight facts so I guess it remain a mystery. Breeders do that.


38 posted on 04/02/2014 10:00:58 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: nickcarraway

definitively classifies - they used more “science” this time.


39 posted on 04/02/2014 11:48:30 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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