Dingo / Wild Dog at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Canis lupus | 24 May 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Canis lupus | 24 May 2016 | roymcd |
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User's notes
I need a bigger zoom lens.... Somewhere between 50-100 metres away, it walked over a small ridge and was surprised to bump into me. I walked over to check it out but it had melted into the long grass, very stealthy and camouflaged in the straw coloured grass. Quite a fluffy tail so maybe some feral dog in the mix? Happy to be corrected on the ID, but it looked more dingo than feral dog to me???
4 comments
gregbaines
wrote:
25 May 2016
Michael, I think this is a Dingo. Feral dogs are quite uncommon in Namadgi as far as I know, they usually don't survive for long in the wild. I would prefer to see the common name of Dingo used on the CNM title and the reference to Wild Dog removed. I think calling these animals Wild Dogs undermines their important role in the ecology of Namadgi. They have been the apex predator in that system for a few thousand years. By calling them Wild Dogs we give the impression they have escaped from someone's yard in Conder last month. I am not sure which taxonomic classification CNM is using for mammals but could the latin name Canis lupus dingo be used to separate Dingo's from Wild Dogs?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
26 May 2016
Hi Greg
Thanks for your note. I agree with you entirely.
You may remember I wrote a detailed article for the FOG newsletter in support of the Dingo (July/August 2014).
My preference would be for the following names:-
Canis lupus dingo - for Dingo (perhaps with synonym Canis dingo),
Canis lupus familiaris - for Feral Common Dogs from Conder or anywhere else,
Canis lupus - for Dingo/Wild Dog - those unrecognisable as either of the above.
However, Michael Mulvaney and Murray Evans are running the mammals section on CNM. You should address your complaint to them. They will be able to explain better than me the reasons behind the choice of scientific and common names for the Dingo.
Thanks for your note. I agree with you entirely.
You may remember I wrote a detailed article for the FOG newsletter in support of the Dingo (July/August 2014).
My preference would be for the following names:-
Canis lupus dingo - for Dingo (perhaps with synonym Canis dingo),
Canis lupus familiaris - for Feral Common Dogs from Conder or anywhere else,
Canis lupus - for Dingo/Wild Dog - those unrecognisable as either of the above.
However, Michael Mulvaney and Murray Evans are running the mammals section on CNM. You should address your complaint to them. They will be able to explain better than me the reasons behind the choice of scientific and common names for the Dingo.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.962808-35.751354
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 22 Aug 2015 04:15 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
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Collections
Mammals Placental Predators
Species information
- Canis lupus Scientific name
- Dingo / Wild Dog Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1391m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Canis lupus dingo Canus dingo Canis lupus familiaris Canis familarisNgunnawal language
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