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To: aruanan

Not necessarily so, wild dogs of Africa(they are called dogs)and the dingo’s, wild dogs of Australia. These are the only two I know of, but perhaps there are others around the world.


135 posted on 09/18/2009 5:44:56 PM PDT by calex59 (FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
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To: calex59
wild dogs of Africa(they are called dogs)and the dingo’s, wild dogs of Australia.

African wild dogs are in the dog family, but not in the same genus or species. From wiki -- "The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family"

The dingo's are considered to be descendants of feral dogs. Wiki -- "The Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is a domestic dog"

These days dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are considered to be subspecies of wolf (Canis lupus). The old idea that wolves were in a separate genus (Lupus lupus) is now rejected.

Naturally this is still a matter of controversy.

148 posted on 09/18/2009 6:32:33 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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