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Dingo on the beach at Fraser Island, Queensland. The dingo (either included in the species Canis familiaris, or considered one of the following independent taxa: Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo) is an ancient lineage of dog [5] [6] found in Australia.
The dingo was the first placental mammal introduced to Australia by humans. Australia has indigenous placental mammals from two orders: the bats, order Chiroptera, represented by six families, and the mice and rats, order Rodentia, family Muridae. Bats and rodents are relatively recent arrivals to Australia.
The dingo is subject to various controversial bounty systems in Australia. The Australian dingo was itself introduced before European settlement, yet has been considered native of the mainland in most cases both the pure breeds and the Dingo-dog hybrids are considered pests to livestock. [citation needed]
The genetic evidence indicates that the dingo clade originated from East Asian domestic dogs and was introduced through the Malay Archipelago into Australia, [19] [20] with a common ancestry between the Australian dingo and the New Guinea singing dog.
Warning over dingo attacks as toddlers targeted in popular Australia holiday destination. Natalie Wilson. February 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM ... The dingo bit the four-year-old child on the left shoulder ...
The dingo was introduced about 4,000 years ago. Shell fish hooks appeared in Australia about 1,200 years ago and were probably introduced from the Torres Strait or by Polynesian seafarers. From the mid-1660s fishing vessels from Indonesia regularly visited the north coast of Australia in search of trepang (sea cucumber). Trade and social ...
The Australian Dingo Foundation believes Wandi was scooped up by an eagle and dropped into rural Australian backyard. A puppy was dropped into a yard in Australia — it turns out he's actually a ...
A portion of the Dingo Fence in 1952 in Queensland. The earliest pest exclusion fences in Australia were created to protect small plots of cropland from the predation by marsupials. In the 1860s and 1870s, introduced rabbit populations began to spread rapidly across southern Australia. By 1884, a rabbit-proof fence was built.