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Encyclopedia > Dingo (disambiguation)

As well as being the name for a type of wild dog found in Australia (see Dingo), "Dingo" is used to refer to: Trinomial name Canis lupus dingo (Meyer, 1793) Breed standards (external link) ANKC The Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). ...


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Modern Dingos are found throughout Southeast Asia, mostly in small pockets of remaining natural forest, and in mainland Australia, particularly in the north.
Dingo remains from 5,000 to 2,500 years old have been found in other parts of South-east Asia, and the earliest fossil record of Dingos in Australia is 3,500 years old.
Dingos did not arrive in Australia as companions of the original Aborigines around 50,000 years ago, but were probably brought by Austronesian traders much later.
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