Indonesia: New Guinea singing dog photographed in the wild for the first time
Dec.03, 2012 in
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Mongabay: A rarely seen canine has been photographed in the wild, likely for the first time. Tom Hewitt, director of Adventure Alternative Borneo, photographed the New Guinea singing dog during a 12-day expedition up a remote mountain in Indonesian Papua. Very closely related to the Australian dingo, the New Guinea singing dog, so named for its unique vocalizations, has become hugely threatened by hybridization with domesticated dogs.
“When we reached [our guide and cook] the guide proclaimed ‘dog,'” Hewitt…
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