New Guinea singing dogs not extinct

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New Guinea singing dogs not extinct

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In 2016, an expedition led by the New Guinea Highland Wild Dog Foundation in collaboration with the University of Papua reported the existence of 15 wild dogs on the western side of the island near the open-cut Grasberg Mine, the largest gold mine in the world. A subsequent 2018 field study led to the collection of blood samples from three individuals in their natural environment, as well as demographic, morphologic, and behavioral data. “Initially we were searching for a dog that didn’t want to be found,” said James ‘Mac’ McIntyre, a zoologist and the director of field research at the New Guinea Highland Wild Dog Foundation. “The Highland wild dogs are shy and reclusive. They reside in the rough rocky terrain above the tree line. We spent long days in thin air and often cold rainy conditions.”
The wild dogs’ nuclear genome confirmed that the Highland wild dogs are the ‘original’ New Guinea singing dogs.

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