Editing Dingo (section)

{{Short description|Canid species native to Australia}}
{{About|the Australian dingo}}
{{Redirect|Warrigal|the plant known as Warrigal in Australia|Tetragonia tetragonioides}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = [[Holocene]] (3,450 years [[Before Present|BP]] – recent)<ref name=greig2016/><ref name=jackson2015/>
| image = Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) Kakadu 2.jpg
| image_caption = [[Kakadu National Park]] [[Northern Territory|NT]]
| genus = Canis
| species = familiaris
| authority = [[Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer|Meyer]], 1793<ref name=meyer1793/>
| synonyms = ''Canis familiaris'' Linnaeus, 1758<ref name=jackson2015/><br />''Canis familiaris dingo'' Meyer, 1793<ref name=blumenbach1799/>
| range_map = Dingo-Distribution-Fleming.png
| range_map_caption = Distribution of the dingo: dingoes south of the [[dingo fence]] (black line) may have a higher prevalence of hybridisation
}}
[[File:Canis lupus dingo, Fraser Island.jpg|thumb|Dingo on the beach at [[Fraser Island|K'gari]], Queensland]]

The '''dingo''' (either included in the [[species]] '''''Canis familiaris''''', or considered one of the following independent [[taxa]]: '''''Canis familiaris dingo''''', '''''Canis dingo''''', or '''''[[Canis lupus dingo]]''''') is an ancient ([[basal (phylogenetics)|basal]]) lineage of [[dog]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jackson |first1=Stephen M. |last2=Fleming |first2=Peter J.S. |last3=Eldridge |first3=Mark D.B. |last4=Archer |first4=Michael |last5=Ingleby |first5=Sandy |last6=Johnson |first6=Rebecca N. |last7=Helgen |first7=Kristofer M. |date=2021-10-28 |title=Taxonomy of the Dingo: It's an ancient dog |url=https://meridian.allenpress.com/australian-zoologist/article/41/3/347/450006/Taxonomy-of-the-Dingo-It-s-an-ancient-dog |journal=Australian Zoologist |language=en |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=347–357 |doi=10.7882/AZ.2020.049 |issn=0067-2238|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> found in [[Australia]]. Its [[taxonomy|taxonomic]] classification is debated as indicated by the variety of scientific names presently applied in different publications. It is variously considered a form of [[domestic dog]] not warranting recognition as a [[subspecies]], a subspecies of dog or [[wolf]], or a full species in its own right.

The dingo is a medium-sized [[Canis|canine]] that possesses a lean, hardy body adapted for speed, agility, and stamina. The dingo's three main coat colourations are light ginger or tan, black and tan, or creamy white. The skull is wedge-shaped and appears large in proportion to the body. The dingo is closely related to the [[New Guinea singing dog]]: their lineage split early from the lineage that led to today's domestic dogs, and can be traced back through [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] to Asia. The oldest remains of dingoes in Australia are around 3,500 years old.

A dingo pack usually consists of a mated pair, their offspring from the current year, and sometimes offspring from the previous year.