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Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo : the case for Canis dingo Meyer, 1793
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- Smith, Bradley P. (author)
- Cent Queensland Univ, Sch Hlth Med & Appl Sci, Adelaide, SA 5034, Australia.
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- Cairns, Kylie M. (author)
- Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Adams, Justin W. (author)
- Monash Univ, Dept Anat & Dev Biol, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia.
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- Newsome, Thomas M. (author)
- Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Fillios, Melanie (author)
- Univ New England, Humanities Arts & Social Sci, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.
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- Deaux, Eloise C. (author)
- Univ Neuchatel, Dept Comparat Cognit, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland.
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- Parr, William C. H. (author)
- Univ New South Wales, Surg & Orthopaed Res Lab, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Letnic, Mike (author)
- Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Van Eeden, Lily M. (author)
- Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Desert Ecol Res Grp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Appleby, Robert G. (author)
- Griffith Univ, Environm Futures Res Inst, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia.
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- Bradshaw, Corey J. A. (author)
- Flinders Univ S Australia, Coll Sci & Engn, Global Ecol, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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- Savolainen, Peter (author)
- KTH,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Genteknologi
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- Ritchie, Euan G. (author)
- Deakin Univ, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Ctr Integrat Ecol, Burwood Campus, Geelong, Vic 3125, Australia.
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- Nimmo, Dale G. (author)
- Charles Sturt Univ, Sch Environm Sci, Albury, NSW 2650, Australia.
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- Archer-Lean, Clare (author)
- Univ Sunshine Coast, Sch Commun & Creat Ind, Maroochydore, Qld 4558, Australia.
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- Greenville, Aaron C. (author)
- Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Desert Ecol Res Grp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.;Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Life Sci, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- Dickman, Christopher R. (author)
- Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Desert Ecol Res Grp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Watson, Lyn (author)
- Australian Dingo Fdn, Gisborne, Vic 3437, Australia.
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- Moseby, Katherine E. (author)
- Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Doherty, Tim S. (author)
- Deakin Univ, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Ctr Integrat Ecol, Burwood Campus, Geelong, Vic 3125, Australia.
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- Wallach, Arian D. (author)
- Univ Technol Sydney, Fac Sci, Ctr Compassionate Conservat, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- Morrant, Damian S. (author)
- Biosphere Environm Consultants, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia.
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- Crowther, Mathew S. (author)
- Univ Sydney, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Cent Queensland Univ, Sch Hlth Med & Appl Sci, Adelaide, SA 5034, Australia Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. (creator_code:org_t)
- 2019-03-04
- 2019
- English.
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In: Zootaxa. - : MAGNOLIA PRESS. - 1175-5326 .- 1175-5334. ; 4564:1, s. 173-197
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- The taxonomic status and systematic nomenclature of the Australian dingo remain contentious, resulting in decades of inconsistent applications in the scientific literature and in policy. Prompted by a recent publication calling for dingoes to be considered taxonomically as domestic dogs (Jackson et al. 2017, Zootaxa 4317, 201-224), we review the issues of the taxonomy applied to canids, and summarise the main differences between dingoes and other canids. We conclude that (1) the Australian dingo is a geographically isolated (allopatric) species from all other Canis, and is genetically, phenotypically, ecologically, and behaviourally distinct; and (2) the dingo appears largely devoid of many of the signs of domestication, including surviving largely as a wild animal in Australia for millennia. The case of defining dingo taxonomy provides a quintessential example of the disagreements between species concepts (e.g., biological, phylogenetic, ecological, morphological). Applying the biological species concept sensu stricto to the dingo as suggested by Jackson et al. (2017) and consistently across the Canidae would lead to an aggregation of all Canis populations, implying for example that dogs and wolves are the same species. Such an aggregation would have substantial implications for taxonomic clarity, biological research, and wildlife conservation. Any changes to the current nomen of the dingo (currently Canis dingo Meyer, 1793), must therefore offer a strong, evidence-based argument in favour of it being recognised as a subspecies of Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758, or as Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758, and a successful application to the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature - neither of which can be adequately supported. Although there are many species concepts, the sum of the evidence presented in this paper affirms the classification of the dingo as a distinct taxon, namely Canis dingo.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- dingo
- dog
- canid
- Canidae
- domestication
- hybridisation
- nomenclature
- species concept
- taxonomy
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