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In 2015, the Taxonomy of Australian Mammals classed the dingo as Canis familiaris. [2] In 2017, a review of the latest scientific information proposes that the dingo and New Guinea singing dog are both types of the domestic dog Canis familiaris. [6] The Australian Government's Australian Faunal Directory lists the dingo under Canis familiaris. [7]
At this point, it connects with the South Australian Border Fence, which runs for 257 km (160 mi) southwards along the border with New South Wales, [9] these two sections are managed by the New South Wales Wild Dog Destruction Board. [10] It then joins a section known as the Dog Fence in South Australia, which is 2,225 km (1,383 mi) long. [1]
The purpose of the Dog Fence Act 1946 is to prevent wild dogs entering into the pastoral and agricultural areas south of the dog-proof fence. The dingo is listed as a "wild dog" under this act, and landowners are required to maintain the fence and destroy any wild dog within the vicinity of the fence by shooting, trapping or baiting.
10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.
Wild dog may also refer to: Feral dog, domestic dogs living as wild animals; Dingo, or Australian wild dog, a free-ranging dog found in Australia; African wild dog, or African hunting dog, wild canine of Africa; Asiatic wild dog, or dhole, wild canine of Asia; Wild Dog, a 2012 album by Susanna, also known as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
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The New South Wales section of the Dingo Fence runs 606 kilometres (377 mi), starting at Hungerford on the Queensland border and ends near Broken Hill on the South Australian border. [2] The Wild Dog Destruction Board is staffed by 12–14 'doggers' who check the entire fence line twice a week, these staff being based in some of the most ...
It is commonly described as an Australian wild dog, but is not restricted to Australia, nor did it originate there. Modern dingoes are found throughout Southeast Asia , mostly in small pockets of remaining natural forest, and in mainland Australia, particularly in the north.