New Guinea singing dogs and Australian dingoes are very closely related, so close that they are in a branch separate from other dog breeds, and they are both considered to be the oldest dog breed, at 4000 years old. read more
New Guinea, the second largest island in the world, has mountain ranges tall enough to have permanent glaciers. Many remote areas have never been fully explored. The mountains from about 2,000–4,700 m (6,000 to 11,000 feet) are home to the wild New Guinea dingo (NGD), also called the New Guinea singing dog, a named given because of its chorus howl. read more