The identity of Fuegian and Patagonian “dogs” among indigenous peoples in southernmost South America

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Udgivet i:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural vol. 96, no. 1 (Dec 2023), p. 5
Hovedforfatter: Jaksic, Fabian M.
Andre forfattere: Castro, Sergio A.
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100 1 |a Jaksic, Fabian M.  |u Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Santiago, Chile (GRID:grid.7870.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2157 0406); Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Santiago, Chile (GRID:grid.512276.5) 
245 1 |a The identity of Fuegian and Patagonian “dogs” among indigenous peoples in southernmost South America 
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520 3 |a BackgroundBy using a historical approach we attempt to answer the question of whether the “dogs” of Fuegian and Patagonian peoples are a domesticated dog (Canis lupus familiaris) or a tamed or domesticated Culpeo “fox” (Lycalopex culpaeus), or a cross breed.Methods and resultsWe reviewed historical chronicles and current scientific papers, and clarified several rather confusing concepts, providing disambiguation for terms such as Magellanic region, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego; Fuegian and Patagonian peoples; and Fuegian and Patagonian dogs. We conclude that these dogs belong to two different canid varieties: The smaller domestic dog typical of the “canoe-indians” (Chonos, Kawesqar, and Yahgan peoples) and the larger tamed or domesticated Culpeo “fox" typical of the “foot indians” (Aonikenk, Manek'enk, and Selk’nam peoples, thus proposing the use of Fuegian and Patagonian dog, respectively.DiscussionWe think that the original Fuegian dog was indeed a Canis lupus familiaris brought along by the natives after the Bering’s crossing and that the Patagonian dog was a tame Culpeo fox Lycalopex culpaeus, which was progressively replaced by the more gregarious, human friendly, and colorful domestic dogs brought by European explorers, adventurers, colonizers, and settlers of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego during the mid to late 1800s. The possibility that the Patagonian dog was a cross between domestic dog and Culpeo “fox” cannot be ruled out, but the only specimen genetically analyzed was closest to being the latter and not a hybrid. 
651 4 |a Tierra del Fuego 
653 |a Domestic animals 
653 |a Domestication 
653 |a Indigenous peoples 
653 |a Dogs 
653 |a Predation 
653 |a Canis lupus familiaris 
653 |a Lycalopex culpaeus 
653 |a Canis lupus dingo 
700 1 |a Castro, Sergio A.  |u Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Santiago, Chile (GRID:grid.512276.5); Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Santiago, Chile (GRID:grid.412179.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2191 5013) 
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