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Australian Dingo

Canis lupus dingo

Description:

Is a medium sized Australian wild dog with a bushy tail and red to yellow coat. Dingos do not bark but they do howl. Found in all states but Tasmania - (Australianfauna.com)

Notes:

Not a native animal to Australia - (Australianfauna.com)

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7 Comments

Carol Milne
Carol Milne 11 years ago

Congratulations! Beautiful dingo and series.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congrats Chicquita, your spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog to celebrate Australia Day! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/4144840...

chebeague8
chebeague8 11 years ago

Cool! Nice coat!

chebeague7
chebeague7 11 years ago

I studied these! they look just like dogs!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Beautiful series and interesting that they do not bark.

Chicquita
Chicquita 12 years ago

They were brought to Aussieland 15,000 years ago by Koori people, that's the current theory, apparently.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

That's interesting Chiquita. Why non-native? 5000 years not enough? Beautiful shots and dingo by the way.

Chicquita
Spotted by
Chicquita

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on May 9, 2010
Submitted on Apr 28, 2012

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