. Fig. 2.—THE DINGO. CHAPTER IL WILD AND HALF-RECLAIMED DOGS HUNTING IN PACKS.—THE DINGO. THB DHOLE.—THE PARIAH.—THE WILD DOG OF AFRICA.—THE SOUTH- AMERICAN DOG.—THB NORTH-AMERICAN DOG.—OTHER WILD DOGS. THE DINGO. It is upon the great similarity between these wild dogs and the wolf or fox, that the supposition is founded of the general descent of the domesticated dog from either the one or the other. After examining the portrait of the dingo, it will at once be seen that it resembles the fox so closely in the shape of its body, that an or- dinary observer could readily mistake it for one of th
. Fig. 2.—THE DINGO. CHAPTER IL WILD AND HALF-RECLAIMED DOGS HUNTING IN PACKS.—THE DINGO. THB DHOLE.—THE PARIAH.—THE WILD DOG OF AFRICA.—THE SOUTH- AMERICAN DOG.—THB NORTH-AMERICAN DOG.—OTHER WILD DOGS. THE DINGO. It is upon the great similarity between these wild dogs and the wolf or fox, that the supposition is founded of the general descent of the domesticated dog from either the one or the other. After examining the portrait of the dingo, it will at once be seen that it resembles the fox so closely in the shape of its body, that an or- dinary observer could readily mistake it for one of that species, while the head is thaj of the wolf. The muzzle is long and pointed, the ears short and erect. Hight about 24 inches, length 30 inches. His coat is more like fur than hair, and is composed of a mix- 27
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