Rescued Baby ‘Koala’ Turns Out to Be Ultra-Rare Purebred Alpine Dingo Puppy

Courtesy of Australian Dingo Foundation

In a rare turn of events, DNA testing revealed that an animal initially mistaken for a koala was in fact a super-rare purebred alpine dingo.

A farmer found the animal abandoned on a dirt track in Jamieson last June. He mistook the puppy as a koala at first because it had such a dark coat.