Canis lupus dingo

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Benthopelagic.

Ecology: Dingoes occupy all habitats , including tropical alpine moorlands above 3,800 m a.s.l. in Papua New Guinea (Troughton 1957, Newsome 1971), forested snow-clad peaks in temperate eastern Australia, arid hot deserts in central Australia, and tropical wetlands and forests of northern Australia (Corbett 1995). The absence of dingoes in many grassland habitats of Australia is due to persecution by humans (Fleming et al. 2001).[1]

List of Habitats: 1.4 Forest - Temperate 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 4.6 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 8.1 Desert - Hot 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Canis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 174 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. adustus (Side-Striped Jackal) · C. adustus adustus (Side-Striped Jackal) · C. adustus bweha · C. africanus · C. alpinus · C. ameghinoi · C. anthus · C. anthus soudanicus · C. apolloniensis · C. armbrusteri · C. arnensis · C. aureus (Asiatic Jackal) · C. aureus algirensis · C. aureus anthus · C. aureus aureus (Golden Jackal) · C. aureus bea · C. aureus indicus · C. aureus indinus · C. aureus lanka · C. aureus lupaster · C. aureus naria · C. aureus riparius · C. aureus soudanicus · C. aureus syriacus · C. avus · C. brachyurus · C. brevirostris · C. cedazoensis · C. cf · C. chama · C. chanco · C. cinereo argenteus · C. cipio · C. corsac · C. crocuta · C. culpaeus · C. davisi · C. dingo · C. dirus · C. dukhunensis · C. edwardii · C. entrerianus · C. etruscus · C. falconeri · C. familaris · C. familiaris · C. familiaris dingo · C. familiaris halstromi · C. familiaris matris-optimae · C. ferox · C. gezi · C. gracilis · C. himalaicus · C. hodophilax · C. hyaena · C. indicus · C. irvingtonensis · C. kokree · C. kuruksaensis · C. lagopus spitzbergenensis · C. lateralis · C. latran · C. latrans (American Jackal) · C. latrans cagottis · C. latrans clepticus (Coyote) · C. latrans dickeyi · C. latrans frustor · C. latrans frustror · C. latrans goldmani · C. latrans hondurensis · C. latrans impavidus · C. latrans incolatus · C. latrans jamesi · C. latrans latrans (Coyote) · C. latrans lestas · C. latrans lestes · C. latrans mearnsi · C. latrans microdon · C. latrans ochropus · C. latrans orcutti · C. latrans peninsulae · C. latrans texensis · C. latrans thamnos · C. latrans umpquensis · C. latrans vigilis · C. latrans x · C. lepophagus · C. lupaster · C. lupes · C. lupis · C. lupis baileyi (Mexican Wolf) · C. lupus (Domestic Dog (Feral)) · C. lupus alces · C. lupus arabs · C. lupus arctos (Arctic Wolf) · C. lupus bailey · C. lupus baileyi (Mexican Gray Wolf) · C. lupus beothucus (Newfoundland Wolf) · C. lupus bernardi · C. lupus campestris

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Further Reading

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Bino, R. 1996. Notes on the behaviour of New Guinea singing dogs (Canis lupus dingo). Science in New Guinea 22:43-47.
• Brisbin, I.L.Jr., Coppinger, R.P., Feinstein, M.H., Austad, S.N. and Mayer, J.J. 1994. The New Guinea singing dog: taxonomy, captive studies and conservation priorities. Science in New Guinea 20:27-38.
• Canid Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Catling, P.C., Corbett, L.K. and Newsome, A.E. 1992. Reproduction in captive and wild dingoes (Canis familiaris dingo) in temperate and arid environments of Australia. Wildlife Research 19: 195-205.
• Corbett, L.K. 1985. Morphological comparisons of Australian and Thai dingoes: a reappraisal of dingo status, distribution and ancestry. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 13:277-291.
• Corbett, L.K. 1995. The dingo in Australia and Asia. University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, Australia. (Reprinted in 2001 by J B Books Ltd. Marleston, South Australia).
• Corbett, L.K. 2001. The conservation status of the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) in Australia, with particular reference to New South Wales: threats to pure dingoes and potential solutions. In: C.R. Dickman and D. Lunney (eds). A symposium on the dingo. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman NSW, Australia.
• Corbett, L.K. 2003. The Australian dingo. In: J.R. Merrick, M. Archer, G. Hickey and M. Lee, eds. Evolution and zoogeography of Australasian vertebrates. pp: 639-647. Australian Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd. Sydney, Australia.
• Fleming, P., Corbett, L., Harden, R. and Thomson, P. 2001. Managing the impacts of dingoes and other wild dogs. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, Australia.
• Jones, E. 1990. Physical characteristics and taxonomic status of wild canids, Canis familiaris, from the eastern highlands of Victoria. Australian Wildlife Research 17:69-81.
• Koler-Matznick, J., Brisbin Jr., I.L. and McIntyre, J. 2000. The New Guinea singing dog. In: S.J. Crockford (ed.) Dogs through time: an archaeological perspective. pp: 239-247. British Archaeological Press, Oxford, UK.
• Newsome, A.E. 1971. Wild dog survey in the Mt Guluwe region of New Guinea. TPNG Government.Unpublished report by CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research, Canberra, Australia.
• Newsome, A.E. and Corbett, L.K. 1985. The identity of the dingo III. The incidence of dingoes, dogs and hybrids and their coat colours in remote and settled regions of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 33:363-375.
• Olsen, S.J. and Olsen, J.W. 1977. The Chinese wolf: ancestor of the new world dogs. Science 197:533-535.
• Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Troughton, E. 1957. A new native dog from the Papuan highlands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales (1955-56):93-94.
• VilÃ, C.P., Savolainen, P., Maldonado, J.E., Amorim, I.R., Rice, J.E., Honeycutt, R.L., Crandall, K.A., Lundenberg, J. and Wayne, R.K. 1997. Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog. Science 276:1687-1689.
• Vilà, C.P., Savolainen, P., Maldonado, J.E., Amorim, I.R., Rice, J.E., Honeycutt, R.L., Crandall, K.A., Lundenberg, J. and Wayne, R.K. 1997. Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog. Science 276:1687-1689.
• Woodall, P.F., Pavlov, P. and Twyford, K.L. 1996. Dingoes in Queensland: skull dimensions and the identity of wild canids. Wildlife Research 23:581-587.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
• Corbett, L.K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 111520
• IUCN ID: 41585
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026285

Footnotes

1. Corbett, L.K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008. [back]

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