Polynesian Dog

Polynesian Dog
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L0016721 'A view of Huaheine', in Cook's Voyages Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org 'A view of Huaheine', in Cook's Voyages Engraving By: W. Byrneafter: WebberPlans and views to . . . Cook's voyages Published: 1785 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The early 20th century

Place of Breeding

Polynesia

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with European breeds

References

LUOMALA, K. (1960). A History of the Binomial Classification of the Polynesian Native Dog. Pacific Science, 14(3), 193–223.

LUOMALA, K. (1962). Additional Eighteenth-Century Sketches of the Polynesian Native Dog, Including the Maori (pp. 170–180). essay, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, June 19). Polynesian dog. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_Dog

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