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Canis familiaris

Puakāoa

Dog

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dog, Domestic Dog; German Hund

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Puakāoa / Puaka Āoa (RR), Kuri [is this OK] (MG), Kurī (AT MK MT), ‘Urī (AK), Kuli (TS), Kuri (TW), Kulī / Puakāoa (PK); COMMENT: ‘Īlio (HAW)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Polynesian + Recent, Not naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food++; Pest

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++		++++	X		-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
X	-	-	X	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Pests
Parasite - external	Ctenocephalides felis, Demodex canis, Sarcoptes scabiei,
Parasite - internal	Ancylostoma and Uncinaria, Dipylidium caninum, Dirofilaria immitis, Isospora spp., Toxascaris leonina, Toxocara canis, Trichuris vulpis,

Scientific Taxonomy

Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Carnivora; Fissipedia; CANIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Atiu (5 of 5 domestic)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food++. Comments: Penrhyn - no dogs, 3 brought on ship in 1960s and 1 in 1970s were immediately returned to Rarotonga [Terepai Tutai]. Mangaia - numerous pre-1958, were eaten [Terepai Tutai].
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Pest

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004, periodically present in teh past.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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