Rare and Ancient ‘Singing’ Dog of New Guinea Thought to Be Extinct in Wild for 50 Years Now Found
An extremely rare breed of dog called New Guinea singing dog which was believed to be extinct, has been found. Know for unique barks and howls, its harmonic sounds that have been always been compared to the calls of a humpback whale. A dingo-like animal with a unique howling style is severely inbred due to a lack of new genes.
An extremely rare breed of dog called New Guinea singing dog which was believed to be extinct, has been found. Know for unique barks and howls, its harmonic sounds that have been always been compared to the calls of a humpback whale. A dingo-like animal with a unique howling style is severely inbred due to a lack of new genes. The animal was believed to have disappeared from the highlands of New Guinea, however, was found recently on the island’s Indonesian side. Only around 200 captive singing dogs live in conservation centres or zoos which are all the descendants of a few wild dogs captured in the 1970s. Woolly Flying Squirrel Spotted in Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand.
None of the dogs was found in their natural habitat for half a century until 2016, it was during an expedition that 15 wild dogs were located and studied in the remote highlands of the western side of New Guinea, known as Papua, in Indonesia. In 2018, a new expedition returned to the study site and collected detailed biological samples to confirm whether these highland wild dogs truly are the predecessors of the singing dogs or not. 14,000-Year-Old Puppy Found a Decade Ago in Russia Ate a Wolly Rhinoceros as Last Meal! (View Pics)
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