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Dingoes have never been regarded as wolves, but the ancestry of the dingo can now be traced back to the white-footed wolf of Southeast Asia. The scientific name of the dingo has recently been changed from Canis familiaris to Canis lupus dingo, meaning the dingo is a subspecies of "Canis lupus", or the Gray Wolf. The fact that it communicates over long distances with howls rather than barking is a trait belonging to wolves, rather than to domestic dogs with which it has long been associated.

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