The Fuegian dog, or Yahgan dog, or Patagonian dog (Spanish: perro fueguino, perro yagán, perro patagónico), is an extinct type of canid. Its ancestry is a matter of scientific debate,[1][2] though traditionally it was thought to be bred and domesticated from the South American culpeo, also known as the culpeo fox (Lycalopex culpaeus).[3]
There are very few remaining museum specimens or examples of the Fuegian dog; one is at the Museo Salesiano Maggiorino Borgatello in Chile,[1] and another is at the Fagnano Regional Museum in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.[4]
- ^ a b Jaksic & Castro 2023.
- ^ Jaksic et al. 2024, p. 9.
- ^ Petrigh & Fugassa 2013, p. 14.
- ^ Petrigh & Fugassa 2013, pp. 14–15.