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THE DINGO. 



CANIS DINGO. 



Cauls fumilians Dingo, Blumcubach, Ilandbucli dcr Xaturgescliiclitc, 

 p. 103 (1780); id. ibid. p. 85, i (1830) ; J. A. Wagner, 

 Suppl. to Schreber's Saugth., Alth. ii. p. 374 (1840) ; 

 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 509; id. Cat. of Carni- 

 vorous Mammalia, p. 195; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, 

 p. 629. 



Ceinis Dingo, Gould, Mammals of Australia, vol. iii. plates 51 & 52 

 (1863). 



Cants Dingo Australasiee, Jiesvaarest, Mammalogie, p. 191 (1820) ; E. T. 

 Bennett, Gardens and Menagerie, p. 51 (1830) ; George 

 Bennett, Wanderings in New S. Wales, vol. i. p. 231 (183 1). 



Chryseus Australits, Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Nat. Library, vol. ix. 

 p. 188, pi. 10. 



Dingo, Shaw, General Zoology, vol. i. p. 277 (1800). 



Chien de la Nouvelle HoUande, F. Cuvier, Mammiferes, vol. ii. (1824). 



Ve have now to consider the true dog, the question as to the origin of 

 rliich has excited such great and continued interest. 1 fas our dog 

 prung from one source, or from several wild species, and docs any 

 rild animal exist which can be supposed to be more nearly related to 

 he domestic dog than are any of the species of Canida which we have 

 Iready passed in review ? 



So far as we have been able to ascertain, there is no animal which 

 as any even apparently valid claim to be regarded as truly wild, and at 

 le same time a true and perfect dog, save the Dingo of Australia. It 

 I for this reason we propose to treat of it before saying the little which 



comes within the scope of this work to say concerning the various 

 reeds and races of the domestic dog. 



Our Plate, which is taken from a specimen living in the Gardens of 



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