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The New Guinea singing dog or New Guinea Highland dog [1] (Canis lupus hallstromi) is an ancient [a] lineage of dog [3] [4] [5] found in the New Guinea Highlands, on the island of New Guinea. Once considered to be a separate species in its own right, under the name Canis hallstromi , it is closely related to the Australian dingo .
New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island and is made up of two halves - the east side, known as Papua New Guinea and the west half, part of Indonesia, known as Papua. The dogs were first ...
The New Guinea singing dog then became a distinct, but closely related, lineage. [22] [89] [21] The Fraser Island dingoes are unique because they cluster with the southeastern dingoes, but exhibit many alleles (gene expressions) similar to the New Guinea singing dog, in addition to showing signs of admixture with the northwestern dingoes. [22]
The New Guinea singing dogs live in the remote mountains, above human habitation level, and whilst cassowaries still remain the island's largest opportunistic terrestrial predator by technicality, [2] the singing dogs are New Guinea's largest obligate full-time land predator ecosystem-wise.
A 2016 genetic study shows that the lineage of those dingoes found today in the northwestern part of the Australian continent split from the lineage of the New Guinea singing dog and southeastern dingo 8,300 years ago, followed by a split between the New Guinea singing dog lineage from the southeastern dingo lineage 7,800 years ago.
Pages in category "Dog breeds originating in Papua New Guinea" ... New Guinea singing dog This page was last edited on 15 April 2011, at 03:08 (UTC). Text ...
Mammals of Papua New Guinea (1 C, 171 P) ... New Guinea singing dog This page was last edited on 4 March 2024, at 10:17 (UTC). Text ...
Later in 1971, his next work on it was titled "The early history and relationships of the New Guinea Highland dog (Canis hallstromi)". No mention of singing dogs. Recently an editor has added the name "New Guinea Highland dog" to the lead, and I concur.