It is not a true dog. It is a domesticated fox. The Fuegian "dog" was actually a domesticated culpeo fox (Lycalopex culpaeus), not a true dog (Canis lupus familiaris). DNA analysis revealed 97.57% similarity to culpeo foxes, compared to 88.93% similarity to domestic dogs. The Ona indians had many of them and loved them much. They are extinguished, as the Onas themselves.
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