caption: Otto Nordenskjöld, Fig. 3. Skull of the Yaghan dog seen from the side. From Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien. (1903). Arkiv för zoologi. P.A. Norstedt & soner in the public domain.
Metadata
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last Record
Around 1900
Place of Breeding
Tierra del Fuego, Chile and Argentina
Synonym
Fuegian Dog
Extinction Reason
Extermination | Replaced by European dogs
References
Jaksic, F. M., & Castro, S. A. (2023). The identity of Fuegian and Patagonian “dogs” among indigenous peoples in southernmost South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 96(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-023-00119-z
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien. (1903). Arkiv För Zoologi. Stockholm, Sweden: P.A. Norstedt & Soner.
