Representations of the dingo: contextualising iconicity

Archer-Lean, Clare; Wardell‐Johnson, Angela; Conroy, Gabriel; Carter, Jennifer L.

doi:10.1080/14486563.2014.985268

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“…To the contrary, if the determination of the Dingo and the New Guinea Singing Dog as populations of an archaic lineage of Southeast Asian Domestic Dog is correct, these populations are of great significance for what they can reveal of the earlier stages of dog domestication. This makes them worthy of conservation in their own right (Fleming et al 2014;Allen et al 2015a;Archer-Lean et al 2015). This same point has been made recently by Clutton-Brock (2015), who makes the case "that this unique dog should be recognised as part of the living history of Australia"; this leads her to follow Crowther et al (2014) in calling it Canis dingo, although the context implies that she would regard this as simply a mechanism of highlighting its uniqueness and heritage value, rather than as a taxonomic statement.…”

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The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species?

Jackson

Groves

Flemming

et al. 2017

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The taxonomic identity and status of the Australian Dingo has been unsettled and controversial since its initial description in 1792. Since that time it has been referred to by various names including Canis dingo, Canis lupus dingo, Canis familiaris and Canis familiaris dingo. Of these names C. l. dingo and C. f. dingo have been most often used, but it has recently been proposed that the Australian Dingo should be once again recognized as a full species-Canis dingo. There is an urgent need to address the instability of the names referring to the Dingo because of the consequences for management and policy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the morphological, genetic, ecological and biological data to determine the taxonomic relationships of the Dingo with the aim of confirming the correct scientific name. The recent proposal for Canis dingo as the most appropriate name is not sustainable under zoological nomenclature protocols nor based on the genetic and morphological evidence. Instead we proffer the name C. familiaris for all free-ranging dogs, regardless of breed and location throughout the world, including the Australian Dingo. The suggested nomenclature also provides a framework for managing free-ranging dogs including Dingoes, under Australian legislation and policy. The broad principles of nomenclature we discuss here apply to all free-roaming dogs that coexist with their hybrids, including the New Guinea Singing Dog.

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Section: How Different Is the Dingo From Other Dogs?mentioning

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The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species?

Jackson

Groves

Flemming

et al. 2017

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“…Carter et al (2015) report on an exploratory study of nutrients, faecal coliforms and faecal sterols in the water-table and beach flows associated with camping. Results indicate a clear difference in the quality of the groundwater between camping and non-camping zones.…”

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“…Archer-Lean et al (2015) examine the different sociocultural positions in the natural and social environment to represent the dingo as an iconic species on K'gari-Fraser Island. They draw on cross-disciplinary expertise from cultural studies, geography, sociology and conservation science to review and compare literature from fiction, geography and science.…”

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Future of an icon: K'gari-Fraser Island, climate change and social expectations

Wardell‐Johnson

2015

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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“…This contradictory legal status results in the dingo being protected in some areas (national parks, Aboriginal reserves), but subject to lethal control elsewhere 18 . Public opinion is similarly polarized, and contested views of dingoes mean that they are both revered and persecuted, and public interest has inevitably led to dingo management becoming politicised and highly emotive 19 , 20 .…”

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Conservation concerns associated with low genetic diversity for K’gari–Fraser Island dingoes

Conroy

Lamont

Bridges

et al. 2021

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The dingo population on world heritage-listed K’gari-Fraser Island (K’gari) is amongst the most well-known in Australia. However, an absence of population genetic data limits capacity for informed conservation management. We used 9 microsatellite loci to compare the levels of genetic diversity and genetic structure of 175 K’gari dingo tissue samples with 264 samples from adjacent mainland regions. Our results demonstrated that the K'gari population has significantly lower genetic diversity than mainland dingoes (AR, HE, PAR; p < 0.05) with a fourfold reduction in effective population size (Ne = 25.7 vs 103.8). There is also strong evidence of genetic differentiation between the island and mainland populations. These results are in accordance with genetic theory for small, isolated, island populations, and most likely the result of low initial diversity and founder effects such as bottlenecks leading to decreased diversity and drift. As the first study to incorporate a large sample set of K’gari dingoes, this provides invaluable baseline data for future research, which should incorporate genetic and demographic monitoring to ensure long-term persistence. Given that human-associated activities will continue to result in dingo mortality, it is critical that genetic factors are considered in conservation management decisions to avoid deleterious consequences for this iconic dingo population.

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Representations of the dingo: contextualising iconicity

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species?

The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species?

Future of an icon: K'gari-Fraser Island, climate change and social expectations

Conservation concerns associated with low genetic diversity for K’gari–Fraser Island dingoes

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