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Dingo
Title: Dingo
Category: Science & Technology
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Dingo
Nobody is exactly sure where the dingo ÒCanis familiaris dingoÓ came from, it isnÕt originally from Austrailia but arrived between 3,500 to 4,000 years ago. The oldest dingo fossil is dated at about 3,400 years old. It is thought that the dingo is from the same family as the Indian Wolf, like many domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), but it has enough of its ancestors charachteristics that it has its own variety.
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…showed last 75 words of 586 total…pets and shouldnÕt be taken from the wild. Dingoes rarely show aggression. They run rather than fight. Dingoes are very agile but usually just lay around. Water is a barrier to dingoes because they donÕt swim, only wade.
Dingo
ÒCanus familiaris dingoÓ
Animailia
Cordata
Mamalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Canis
familiaris
dingo
Bibilyography
1.ÓDingoÓ. International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Vol. 7 Page 771 ©1990.
2.http://www.wwwins.net.au/dog/downunder.html
3.http://www.wwwins.net.au/oldtimers/oldtimers.html
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