Species profile—Canis familiaris (dingo) (dingo)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Canidae (dogs and foxes) → Canis familiaris (dingo) (dingo)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Canidae (dogs and foxes)
- Scientific name
- Canis familiaris (dingo) Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- dingo
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1068
- Synonym(s)
- Canis lupus dingo
Canis macdonnellensis
Canis australiae
Canis antarticus
Canis dingo
Canis dingoides
Canis familiaris australasiae
Canis familiaris dingo - Alternate name(s)
- wild dog
Australian native dog
warrigal - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Potentially Aggressive
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1068
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
