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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

Are dingoes dogs?

Researchers argue no: dingoes are genetically distinct, reproductively isolated, and on their own evolutionary path:

theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...

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A pack of dingoes with cream-coloured fur. Four look like adults, one is a pup. A caption suggests we read an open access research article in Australian Mammalogy tilted 'Taxonomic tangles posed by human association – the urgent need for an evidence-based review of dingo and domestic dog taxonomy and nomenclature'. The photo is credited as being by CraigRJD, Getty Images Signature.

#OpenAccess in #AusMammalogy: Taxonomic tangles posed by human association – urgent need for evidence-based review of dingo & domestic dog taxonomy & nomenclature.

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052

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Carrion Increases Landscape‐Scale Scavenger Activity and Interactions This study explores how carrion availability drives landscape-scale activity and interactions between two facultative scavengers: dingoes and red foxes. Experimental carcass provisioning across two s...

How do dingoes and red foxes respond to pulses of carrion?
We found they both increase activity following increased carrion availability (especially in winter for foxes), with further possible effects on their competitive interactions.

Full details here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

New piece in The Conversation "Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path"

theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...

And, open access paper here:

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052

Discuss!

21.08.2025 06:56 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Preserving predation Abstract. The One Health concept has been enthusiastically adopted in conservation. However, there are some underrecognized trade-offs that must be navigat

📢New publication! AWMS members @jordanohampton.bsky.social and @newsometm.bsky.social and their colleagues recently published a paper arguing that One Health efforts should stop short of interfering in predator-prey dynamics. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

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Eastern quolls released into NSW bushland

A nice story for my first post on this platform - a little win for these awesome animals: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

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