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Dingoes are genetically, behaviorally, and ecologically distinct from domestic dogs, and should be recognised as a separate species or subspecies. Research shows they've been on their own evolutionary path for thousands of years, meeting the four conditions for taxonomic distinctiveness: reproductive isolation, genetic distinctiveness, independent evolutionary path, and distinctiveness from South-East Asian village dogs. The proposed scientific name for Dingoes is either Canis dingo or Canis lup