Editing Dingo (section)

===Barking===
[[File:Nullarbor Dingo.jpg|thumb|Dingo on the [[Nullarbor Plain]]]]

Compared to most domestic dogs, the [[bark (dog)|bark]] of a dingo is short and monosyllabic, and is rarely used. Barking was observed to make up only 5% of [[Animal communication|vocalisations]]. Dog barking has always been distinct from wolf barking.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schassburger|first=R.M.|title=Man and Wolf|year=1987|publisher=Dr. W. Junk|location=Dordrecht, the Netherlands|editor=H. Frank|chapter=Wolf vocalization: An integrated model of structure, motivation, and ontogeny}}</ref> Australian dingoes bark mainly in swooshing noises or in a mixture of [[atonality|atonal]] and [[Tone (linguistics)|tonal]] sounds. In addition, barking is almost exclusively used for giving warnings. Warn-barking in a homotypical sequence and a kind of "warn-howling" in a heterotypical sequence have also been observed. The bark-howling starts with several barks and then fades into a rising and ebbing howl and is probably (similar to coughing) used to warn the puppies and members of the [[Pack (canine)|pack]]. Additionally, dingoes emit a sort of "wailing" sound, which they mostly use when approaching a [[watering hole]], probably to warn already present dingoes.<ref name="canid">{{cite book|author=Corbett, Laurie|year=2004|publisher=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources]]|chapter-url=http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/files/actionplans/canids.pdf|chapter=Dingo|title=Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs|editor1=Claudio Sillero-Zubiri|editor2=Michael Hoffmann|editor3=David W. Macdonald|access-date=16 May 2009|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200655/http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/files/actionplans/canids.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the present state of knowledge, getting Australian dingoes to bark more frequently by putting them in contact with other domestic dogs is not possible. However, German zoologist [[Alfred Brehm]] reported a dingo that learned the more "typical" form of barking and how to use it, while its brother did not.<ref name="Brehm">{{cite book|title=Brehms Tierleben|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut|location=Leipzig, Wien|year=1900|pages=82–85|language=de|title-link=Brehms Tierleben}}</ref> Whether dingoes bark or bark-howl less frequently in general is not certain.<ref name="DoritAusdruck">{{cite book|last=Feddersen-Petersen|first=Dorit Urd|title=Ausdrucksverhalten beim Hund|publisher=Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG|location=Stuttgart|year=2008|isbn=978-3-440-09863-9|language=de}}</ref>