The Indian Pariah Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is the aboriginal landrace, or naturally selected dog, of the Indian sub-continent. Geographically, this includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. This breed is thought to have a heritage going back 15,000 years, making it one of the oldest in the world, and to be the progenitor of the Australian.[2] Its place of origin has not been determined.
The term is not derogatory in the caninecontext but refers to a class of primitive dogs that is not commercially bred or recognized.
Often erroneously used to refer to all urban Indian street dogs, some free-ranging dogs in India do not match the 'pariah type' and may not be pure indigenous dogs but mixed breeds, especially around locations where European colonists historically settled in India, due to admixtures of European dog breeds.[3]
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