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Australian dingo is a unique Australian species in its own right. Since the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago, most Australians have assumed dingoes are a breed of wild dog. But 20 leading researchers have confirmed in a new study that the dingo is actually a unique, Australian species in its own right. Source 3s.

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Dingo

Intriguing, according to the article it says that the Dingo is of it's own unique native species - It's not even a dog. It certainly looks and behaves similar to a dog, hence why for over two centuries it was assumed to be one.

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Dogs (Not) gone wild: DNA tests show most 'wild dogs' in Australia are pure dingoes. A new dingo study collates the results from over 5000 DNA samples of wild canines across Australia. It found that 99 per cent of animals tested were pure dingoes or dingo-dominant hybrids - and that there were almost no feral dogs in the country. Source 6g.