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The dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is an Australian wolf-dog and is as fast as wolves or other wild dogs, about 50 km/hr for 600-700 meters and slower over longer distances. Canids are "endurance predators," which means they're more long-distance runners than sprinters. Appropriately, many Australian animals which could wind up as the dingo's dinner are also marathon runners.

Incidentally, the dingo is not native to Australia, in the long sense. A placental mammal, it was brought to the continent by man as much as 50,000 years ago (though some would prefer a later date). It took over the niche of the native marsupial predator, the thylacine, which finally went extinct in the 1930's.

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A dingo (canis lupus dingo) is a sub-species of the wolf family. There doesn't seem to be any data on dingo speeds, and speeds quoted for wolves in general vary slightly.

It is reported that wolves trot at about 10 km/h (6 mph), and during a chase over several miles can achieve an average speed of about 65 km/h (40 mph) or more.

In the absence of dingo data, maybe these wolf statistics might provide a reasonable indication of possible speeds for dingoes.

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dingoes can run at speeds of 30 to 40 mph

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