### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Dingo
* Most Dingos have short, yellowish-tan fur, but it can vary from black to cream colored.
* Most dingos are descended from dogs
  - domestic dogs
  - usually a reddish-orange color
* Most dingos eat organisms
* Most dingos have eyes
  - foreheads
  - mass
  - origins
  - snouts
  - kill sheep
  - live for years
* Most dingos live in areas
  - neighbor areas
  - urban areas
  - on food
  - seek out food sources
* Most dingos survive in different habitats
  - use ears
* Some dingos approach dominant dogs
  - are descended from wolves
* Some dingos become major predators
  - belong to families
  - cause death
  - create holes
* Some dingos eat babies
  - humans
  - rats
  - reptiles
  - have families
* Some dingos have flexible social structures
  - physical characteristics
  - live in holes
  - prey upon wombats
  - produce offspring
  - reach ages
  - use lungs
  - watch prey.
  * are similar to domestic dogs. Dingos were brought to Australia from South-East Asia about 4000 years ago. They are not found in Tasmania as the sea levels cut the island off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago. Most dingos in the wild are no longer purebreed dingos. This was to show it is related to the white footed wolf which lives in Asia
* also live in pairs, families, and groups
  - produce bark-howls, which are agitated calls made when the animals are alarmed
* are a medium-sized dog
  - able to tolerate hot climates
  - an important food source for some people in Asia
  - carnivores and have a very varied diet ranging from insects to water buffalo
  - considered to be legendary Australian wild dogs
  - covered with yellowish brown hair
  - far more flexible in limb and hip movement than dogs
  - free-roaming wild dogs native to the continent of Australia
  - from the same species as dogs, and breed the same
* are highly flexible with the ability to rotate their wrists and subluxate their hips
  - individualistic animals, each with their own personality and tendencies
  - intelligent animals
* are known to be excellent at climbing trees
  - go for the throat when they are able
  - naturally lean, with large ears permanently pricked and tails marked with a white tip
* are opportunistic carnivores and as such have a broad diet
  - predators and hunt small prey alone
  - pack animals
  - part of Australian wildlife and act as the top predator
  - present everywhere in Australia except Tasmania and most small islands
  - protected in national parks and reserves
* are the largest land-dwelling carnivores in Australia
  - native Australian dog
  - primary mammalian carnivore in Australia
  - threatened by persecution, habitat loss and wild domestic dogs
  - usually shy retiring creatures
  - very rare outside Australia
* are wild canines that are the largest land predator in Australia
* attack animals.
* can interbreed with domestic dogs.
* eat almost anything like insects, rodents, carrion, or vegetables
  - mostly mammals, though reptiles, birds, invertebrates and seeds are consumed as well
* generally eat small native mammals, introduced feral animals and some domestic animals.
* have a broad diet including fresh meat, fish, eggs and carrion
  - call resembling a howl or yelp rather than a bark
  - different breeding population Control system
  - strict social hierarchy and regularly mate for life
  - also have a sandy-ginger to coat to blend in with their surroundings
  - appearances
  - behavior
  - instinct
  - larger canine teeth than domestic dogs
  - much larger canine teeth than dogs
  - no natural health issues and are immune to paralysis ticks
  - strategies
  - strong instinct
  - to be viewed as crocodiles are in the Northern Territory, as lions are in Africa
  - unique wrists in the canine world, capable of rotatation
  - very agile wrists which are capable of rotation
  - white markings on their feet, tail tip and chest
* hear sound.
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
* interbreed with domestic dogs and produce hybrids.
* live also in the very dry part of Australia most of their time
  - dens in caves and under cliff overhangs
  - packs, and each pack typically has two to three dominant pairs
  - the dry Australian outback
  - well-defined groups and roam all of Australia except in Tasmania
  - throughout western and central Australia
  - to five or six years of age in the wild and fifteen years in captivity
* look like dogs.
* mate for life and are also sometimes seen mourning themselves to death after a partner dies.
* often attack sheep from behind as they run away, resulting in injury to the hind legs.
* prey on animals
* produce one litter of pups per year
  - several types of vocalisations
* take routes
  - travel routes
* vary in colour having reddish brown, black or sandy coloured coats and white chests.
+ Dingo, Managing dingos: Mammals of Australia :: canids
  * While some people keep dingos as pets, they are regarded as a pest by farmers. The dingo fence which runs through South Australia, and then along the New South Wales border through to central Queensland is the world's longest fence. Dingos are protected in national parks and reserves.