El dingo (Canis lupus dingo) es una especie de cánido de gran tamaño que vive por toda Australia. Presenta un pelaje color arena con el vientre blanco, largas orejas puntiagudas y un hocico largo y achatado. Su aspecto es fibroso, con una altura media de entre 52 y 60 cm, y una longitud que va de 1,2 a 1,5 m. El peso oscila entre los 14 y los 19 kg, aunque los machos son algo más grandes que las hembras. Son depredadores oportunistas, pero también carroñeros, cuya dieta se compone de mamíferos, aves, reptiles, carroña, fruta y verdura.
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Canis lupus dingo
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Interbreeding with domestic dogs has resulted in unusual colours of dingoes, such as black or white individuals.
The dingo is thought to have been introduced into Australia by seafarers 4,000 years ago. It is hypothesized that it originated from a dog like the New Guinea singing dog.
The ‘Dingo Fence’ in South-East Australia is 5,614km long and was built to protect sheep from dingoes.
Dingo pups will often be fed and cared for by the other members of the pack as well as their parents.
Dingoes have very flexible wrists that enable them to clutch prey; this also gives them the ability to open doors and gates that dogs or wolves could not get through.
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