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TIL that the culpeo, a South American fox species, was domesticated by the Selk'nam people of Tierra del Fuego, resulting in the "Fuegian dog". However, the Fuegian dog became extinct in the late 19th or early 20th century as a result of the genocide the Selk'nam people.

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