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Euphemia
wrote:
Yesterday
That is what I originally suggested and I managed to do it without resorting to upper case lettering.
Canis lupus
DonFletcher
wrote:
17 Dec 2025
There are strict rules about scientific names. An inappropriate name remains the correct name until a change has been proposed AND ACCEPTED. At this stage the Australian Faunal Directory still lists the Dingo as Canis familiaris, so that is its correct name.
Canis lupus
Euphemia
wrote:
15 Dec 2025
As both dogs and dingoes are only wolves in neater clothes and all can interbreed and produce viable offspring, perhaps, I'll retract my suggestion and return to Canis lupus.
Canis lupus
KMcCue
wrote:
15 Dec 2025
Thanks Don, I was working on a reply quoting your recent article in the NPA Bulletin Vol 62, No 4 December 2025. Canis dingo is a more apt description based on recent DNA data. Also early European descriptions of southeast Australian dingoes included the descriptions black, white, tan and brindle.
Canis lupus
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