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Proposed route for the migration of dogs based on mDNA. Haplotype A29 relates most to the Australian Dingo and the New Guinea Singing Dog, the ancient Polynesian Arc2 to modern Polynesian, Indonesian and ancient New Zealand dogs, and the ancient Polynesian Arc1 is indistinguishable from a number of widespread modern haplotypes. [19] [20]
The Kurī is an extinct breed of Polynesian Dog kept by Māori people. It was introduced to New Zealand by the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori during their migration from East Polynesia in the 13th century AD. According to Māori tradition, the demigod Māui transformed his brother-in-law Irawaru into the first dog. [1]
The Māori brought the kurī (Polynesian Dog) and kiore (Polynesian rat) in about 1250 CE, [1] and Europeans from 1769 onwards brought the pig, mice, two additional species of rats, weasels, stoats, ferrets and possums and many other species, some of which cause conservation problems for indigenous species.
Genetic studies on the New Zealand Kurī dog indicate that the origin of this dog (and therefore probably the Hawaiian poi dog) to be Indonesia. Referred as the ʻīlio in the Hawaiian language , the modern name of this breed is derived from poi , a Hawaiian staple food made from mashed and cooked kalo (or taro ) root.
Recently, @nrps.prince shared this sweet footage of her horse, Prince, meeting a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, and as far as I can tell, it was love at first sight. These two adored each other from ...
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On November 5, Marta from Essaouira Horse Paradise posted a breathtaking clip of Capo, the rescue horse, running alongside his canine BFF on a gorgeous African beach. It looks like a scene ...