such as the African Wild Dog (6 years) and the arctic fox (7 years). A wolf, whether it is red or grey, lives on average 10-12 years, though a maned wolf and dingo can live up to 15 years.

Scientists extracted DNA from 42 ancient dingo skeletons that pre-date the arrival of Europeans to Australia. The dingo remains range in age from 400 to 2,746 years old, and they were discovered ...