New Guinea singing dog - Video Learning - WizScience.com

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The "New Guinea singing dog" , "Canis lupus dingo" var. hallstromi , , "Hallstrom dog", "bush dingo", "New Guinea wild dog", and simply "singer") is genetically a dingo and in its native range a true wild dog, immigrated to the island of New Guinea through human agency but not domesticated, once found throughout the island. New Guinea singing dogs are named for their unique vocalization. Little is known about New Guinea singing dogs in their native habitat. There are only two confirmed photographs of wild singing dogs. Current genetic research indicates that the ancestors of New Guinea dingoes were probably taken overland from Southeast Asia's territories, such as, perhaps, Indonesia, through present day China to New Guinea by travelers during pre-Neolithic times.

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