Pies: An African wolf dog known as the Basenji is the only dog in the world that cannot bark

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The Basenji () is a breed of hunting dog created from stock that originated in Central Africa, including in the Republic of the Congo and other adjacent tropical African countries. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale places it in the Spitz and "primitive types" categories, while the American Kennel Club classifies it as a hound. The breed does not bark in the traditional manner of most dogs, rather vocalising in an unusual, yodel-like "talking" sound, due to its unusually-shaped larynx. This trait earns the Basenji its nickname of "barkless" dog, a similar feature seen and heard in the New Guinea singing dog.

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Chromosome-length genome assembly and structural variations of the primal Basenji dog (Canis lupus familiaris) genome.. Background Basenjis are considered an ancient dog breed of central African origins that still live and hunt with tribesmen in the African Congo. Nicknamed the barkless dog, Basenjis possess unique phylogeny, geographical origins and traits, making their genome structure of great interest. The increasing number of available canid reference genomes allows us to examine the impact the choice of reference genome makes with regard to reference genome quality and breed relatedness. Results Here, we report two high quality de novo Basenji genome assemblies: a female, China (CanFa…

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Canis lupus dingo is a taxonomic rank that includes both the dingo that is native to Australia and the New Guinea singing dog that is native to the New Guinea Highlands. It also includes some extinct dogs that were once found in coastal Papua New Guinea and the island of Java in the Indonesian Archipelago. It is included in the taxonomic treatment presented in the third edition of Mammal Species of the World (2005). In this treatment, it is a subspecies of Canis lupus (the wolf), with the domestic dog treated as a different wolf subspecies. However, other treatments consider the dog as a full species, with the dingo and its relatives either as a subspecies of the dog (as Canis familiaris di…

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Evolutionary divergence of facial muscle physiology between domestic dogs and wolves.. Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are descended from gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations that inhabited Western Europe and Siberia. The specific timing of dog domestication is debated, but archeological and genetic evidence suggest that it was a multi-phase process that began at least 15,000 years ago. There are many morphological differences between dogs and wolves, including marked divergence in facial muscle morphology, but we know little about the comparative physiology of these muscles. A better understanding of comparative facial muscle physiology between domestic dogs and gray wolves would improve o…

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