dingo is it a dog?
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THE DINGO IS NOT A DOG BREED. Technically, dingoes are not a breed of dog. They're only semi-domesticated and are just as much wolf as they are dog. So far, it's unclear if Canis lupus dingo was ever fully domesticated.
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The answer to this is, of course, no. There are no bears in Australia. Koalas, although frequently referred to as koala bears, are not real bears – they just look like teddy bears and hence their name.
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There are no native hoofed animals, monkeys, cats or bears (and no truly native dogs, although the dingo has apparently been here for at least 3000 years), half of our mammals are marsupials, and we are the only continent with all three of the sub-classes of mammals (see below).
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Aussies are active yet easy-going dogs that love to romp with children. They tend to get along well with other pets. The breed is considered highly intelligent and easy to train.
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Lifespan. Dingoes in the wild live 3–5 years with few living past 7–8 years. Some have been recorded living up to 10 years. In captivity, they live for 14–16 years.
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The dingo is considered native wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, and are protected on national parks. ... Elsewhere in Queensland dingoes are declared as a pest species under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002.
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Where do they live? From harsh deserts to lush rainforests, the highly adaptable dingo is found in every habitat and state of Australia except Tasmania. Dingoes favour edges of forests next to grasslands.
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Personality: Aussies are active yet easy-going dogs that love to romp with children. They tend to get along well with other pets. The breed is considered highly intelligent and easy to train.
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That being said, wild dogs of any type can be dangerous and packs can be extremely dangerous. I don't know of any records of African Wild Dog attacks on humans, and there have been very few dingo (Australia) attacks, but if you find yourself confronted by either, don't act like food.
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Known to be very shy, dingoes live mainly in the outback of Australia.
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Dingoes in Texas. Dingoes are wild dogs native to Australia, but there's a large dingo sanctuary in Texas.
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Often called the koala “bear,” this tree-climbing animal is a marsupial—a mammal with a pouch for the development of offspring.
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Where do they live? From harsh deserts to lush rainforests, the highly adaptable dingo is found in every habitat and state of Australia except Tasmania. Dingoes favour edges of forests next to grasslands. In deserts, access to drinking water determines where the animal can live.
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The Kelpie. The Kelpie is another great Australian dog bred to work with sheep and cattle. The dog probably has a Collie background, and they may also have Dingo blood (although some breeders and fanciers deny this since Dingoes kill sheep).
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Dingoes are classified as being a vulnerable group, reports the organization the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. They are not considered to be endangered. The vulnerable classification is a result of their dropping population, largely due to breeding with domestic canines.