What is cynophobia?
Cynophobia is the fear of all canines.
Canines include dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, and dholes.
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Tasmanian Tiger
The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is an extinct Australian marsupial mammal. It was also called Tasmanian Wolf. It was not a tiger, nor a wolf, nor a dog (canid). It was a dog-like animal with stripes called a Thylacine. Extinct means that it is no longer living. The species has died out.
The Tasmanian Tiger was sandy-coloured with short soft hair and dark stripes on its back and its long tail. It had a pouch (similar to kangaroos and other marsupial mammals) to care for its young. Both male and female Tasmanian Tigers had a pouch, but only females had mammary glands in her pouch. It has a dog-like snout, round ears, and dark eyes. It had dog-like paws.
Dingo
The Dingo (Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo) is mammal, and a wild (non-domesticated) canid – a member of the canine or dog family. Therefore, they are similar to dogs, but they have a longer nose, longer canine teeth, and a flatter head than most dogs.
Unlike dogs that have many colours, the dingo only has sandy coloured fur with white patches. Its fur is soft and short. They have a bushy tail. The hotter their habitat, the bushier their tail.
Dingoes are native to Australia, where they live in a range of habitats, such as deserts, grasslands, and forests.
They are the largest terrestrial predator in Australia, and they are the size of a medium-sized domestic dog.
Dog’s breakfast or dingo’s breakfast?
Would you rather have a dog’s breakfast or a dingo’s breakfast?
The saying ‘a dog’s breakfast’ means that something is in a complete mess, or is very untidy, or has not been done properly.
The saying ‘a dingo’s breakfast’ means there is no breakfast.
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
What’s the difference between a dog and a dingo?
What’s the difference between a dog and a dingo?
Dogs and dingoes are both mammals. They are both canids – members of the canine or dog family. Their brains are similar in size.
One difference between dogs and dingoes is their nose.
A dog has a shorter nose (muzzle) than a dingo.
A dingo has a longer nose than a dog.
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