Are dogs native fauna of Singapore?

Question

I'm currently doing a little homework on the native fauna of SG, and I'm not sure if dogs are. I'm quite sure cats are, along with crows...

Please rectify if I'm wrong!

Umm thanks.

Answer 1

Actually, dogs cannot be called native. They came with the first humans. If they were native, like in Africa and Australia, there would have been wild ones in the forests.

Answer 2

Dogs are not native to Singapore but cats, birds and fishes are. The other native animal is the Malayan Tiger but since Singapore is so modernised now, it's impossible to find a tiger in the urban jungle of Singapore. The best place to spot a tiger in Singapore is The Singapore Zoological Garden.

Answer 3

Bubun is right in that humans brought dogs there and that true wild dogs live in Africa. However, In Australia-I presume he is refering to the dingo-these are thought to have been brought from Asia with man when Australia was first colonised by the aboriginal people. It is thought to have been between 40,000 and 100,000 years ago This was during the last ice age so the sea level would have been a lot lower. I don't know if this makes them a "native" species-I would think not because they have not evolved significantly in any way. They are still basically a feral dog as has been proved by studies of their DNA

Dogs are basically domesticated wolves and at first I thought Singapore was too hot for Wolves but they are wild in Spain which is quite warm.  They were certainly present in Siberia and the Russian Steppes and there is wolf mentioned in the Mogli stories. Of course this is fiction but I think there was wild dog in India called the "Pi". I could be wrong on that last one though.

Answer 4

If we're talking about fauna...fishes are counted right?

There has to be fishes, cos' Singapore was once a fishing village.