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Dingo in Australia
Australia's wild dog — a golden-coated hunter that arrived with ancient seafarers and shaped the outback for millennia.
The species
The dingo is Australia's largest terrestrial predator — a lean, golden-furred wild dog that arrived over 4,000 years ago, likely with seafaring people from Asia. Dingoes hunt kangaroos, rabbits, and livestock across the outback in cooperative packs.
Habitat in Australia
Arid grassland, desert, tropical savanna, and forest across most of mainland Australia suit dingoes. They are absent from Tasmania and rare where the Dingo Fence excludes them from sheep country in the southeast.
Where to spot one
Great Ocean Road
Victoria
Coastal eucalyptus forest and Kennett River's wild koalas — one of the most reliable places to spot them in the wild.
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Kangaroos, koalas, and sea lions on an island sanctuary off Adelaide — compact Australian wildlife in one place.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Northern Territory
Red centre country where red kangaroos graze at dawn against the backdrop of Uluru.
Daintree Rainforest
Queensland
Ancient tropical forest at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef — cassowaries, tree kangaroos, and forest birds.
Conservation status
Pure dingoes are Vulnerable, threatened by hybridisation with domestic dogs and persecution. The 5,600-kilometre Dingo Fence protects sheep country but isolates dingo populations.
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