Talk:Tahitian Dog

Name of the article

Should the name of this article be ʻūrī or Tahitian Dog or another name instead?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:18, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Otaheite Dog and Wolf

What is this?

• http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2008/11/30/roast-dog-and-aquatint/
• http://www.newzealandantiqueprints.co.nz/descriptions/mammals/mammals_catton_otaheite_dog.html
• http://www.artprice.com/artist/93214/charles,-jnr-catton/print-multiple/7893664/the-bear-the-wolf-the-otaheite-dog-the-hyaena-from-animals-drawn-from-nature-aquatints

Attribution

Reference copied from Arearea to Tahitian Dog. See former article's edit history for names of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:35, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Text and reference copied from Tahitian Dog to Arearea See former article's edit history for names of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:33, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Possible areas of expansion

I feel someone fluent in French (language which most histories of Tahiti are written in now) can find some more modern information about the subject since most of the English sources used here about the breed are fairly old.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:15, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Gallery of images

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  Dog sitting at the aft of a large double canoe. From Sydney Parkinson's 'A view in the island of Ulietea with a double canoe and a boathouse', c. 1773.
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  From Sydney Parkinson's 'A view of the island of Otaheite with several vessels of that island', c. 1773. The dog is sitting below the boy in the prow.
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  Polynesian dog from the first voyage of James Cook, in 'Double canoes. Tipaerua', c. 1769–71
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  Boy holding a dog or pig from 'Canoe of Ulietea', c. 1769-71
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  Dog in a canoe depicted in John Webber's A view of Huaheine, c. 1784
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  A dog's pointed muzzle is visible near the aft mast from an unlabeled scene in the Society Island, c. 1769-71
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  A spotted dog is partly visible beyond the mast. From 'Vessels of the Island of Otaha', c. 1769-71
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  Dog sitting in the stern. From 'View of the Island of Otaha', c. 1769-71
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  A scrawny looking Polynesian dog in Tonga. From John Webber's 'The reception of Captain Cook in Hapaee', c. 1784

Binomial classification

The Tahitian Dog was once considered a separate species and given these binomial classifications:

• Canis domesticus, indicus taitiensis; Forster (1778, I: 286)
• Canis familiaris villaticus, meridionalis ; Walther (1817: 23)
• Canis otahitensis; Reichenbach (1836: 46)
• Canis familiaris orthotus otahitensis; Reichenbach ("Naturg. Raubth.": 141)
• Canis pacificus; Smith (1845: 210, 296)
• Canis familiaris otahitensis; Giebel (1859: 844)