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Dingo Kate O. Mrs. Zoanetti. Appearance. Nine out of every ten dingoes have a yellowish coat . Dingoes have a larger head than a domestic dog of the same body size. They have longer teeth and a longer nose and jaws than a domestic dog of the same body size. Habitat.
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Dingo • Kate O. • Mrs. Zoanetti
Appearance • Nine out of every ten dingoes have a yellowish coat . • Dingoes have a larger head than a domestic dog of the same body size. • They have longer teeth and a longer nose and jaws than a domestic dog of the same body size.
Habitat • Dingoes are adaptable so they can live in many places. • Dingoes live throughout Australia in forests, mountains , along the coasts, and on flat, grassy plains. • Their habitat can have trees, water, rocks, and grass.
Food and Hunting • The dingo usually eats small or medium-sized mammals such as wombats, wallibies, rabbits, and wallaroos. • In some places, it kills lizards. • Dingoes have keen eyes and ears.
Nesting Behaviors and Raising Young • Dingoes mate between May and July. • The female dingo gives birth to a litter of between one and ten pups. • Their pups are born 63 days after they mate.
Interesting Facts • Some scientists believe that the dingo is related to wild dogs that live in parts of Asia. • Dingoes have been in Australia for around 3,500 years! • Aborigines kept dingoes in their camps and the dog hunted with the men.
Resources • http://a-z-animals.com/animals/ • http://www.kidcyber.com.au/ • The Dingo, Lynn M. Stone, 1990.