Phenotypic diversity in early Australian dingoes revealed by traditional and 3D geometric morphometric analysis.

Abstract excerpt

The dingo is a wild dog endemic to Australia with enigmatic origins. Dingoes are one of two remaining unadmixed populations of an early East Asian dog lineage, the other being wild dogs from the New Guinea highlands, but morphological connections between these canid groups have long proved elusive. Here, we investigate this issue through a morphometric study of ancient dingo remains found at Lake Mungo and Lake...

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• Australia
• Dogs
• Fossils
• Phenotype
• Skull
• Wolves