A kimiyance ake cewa canis lupus hallstromi, da Sabuwar Guinea Wakar Kare Yana daya daga cikin sanannun nau'ikan halittar canine, saboda da yawa daga gaskiyar cewa yana cikin hadari na karewa kuma saboda akwai gwagwarmaya don kiyaye samfurinsa a cikin mazauninsu. Neman kallon daji da hankali, wannan kare yana da labari mafi ban sha'awa.
Asalinta yana cikin New Guinea, kuma yana dangin dangin Australiya Dingo. Kamar wannan, an yi amannar cewa ya zo tsibirin kasancewar an ɗan ɗanɗana shi, kuma yanayin yanayin yankin yana da tasiri ƙwarai a kan sauyinta, musamman ma kasancewar dabbobin Asiya da na Australiya iri ɗaya suna can.
Wannan kare yana zaune a yankunan dutse, yanayin sanyi da danshi. Wannan ya haifar da keɓewa da wasu karnukan, tunda waɗannan tsattsauran ƙasa da duwatsu masu wuya ga ɗan adam ya isa. Kari kan haka, ba kasafai suke kama su ba, saboda suna iya hawa bishiyoyi cikin sauki. Kodayake an ce an yi amfani da su don farauta wasu kuma an kiwata su a fursuna.
Ihun da take da shi yana tuna irin na kerkeci, kodayake ba kamar wannan ba, da Sabuwar Guinea Wakar Kare yana da ikon daidaita yanayin, don haka yana fitar da wani sauti kamar waka (saboda haka sunan ta). Koyaya, baya iya yin haushi. Wani fasalin fasalin sa shine cewa yana iya juya kansa baya da babban sassauci.
Wannan nau'in a halin yanzu yana ciki Hadarin halaka; a zahiri, an kiyasta cewa da kyar ne akwai yawan mutanen daji, kuma kusan 100 ko 200 ne ke cikin fursunoni. Mafi yawan wannan gaskiyar ita ce saboda ƙauyuka da kuma amfani da ƙasar, da kuma yiwuwar haɗuwa da karnukan daji. An kuma ce su ganimar wasu kabilun da ke farautar rayuwa.
Gaskiya mai mahimmanci game da wannan dabba ita ce cewa tun daga 2012 babban sanannen Kungiya ba ya karɓar ƙarin rajistar karnukan wannan nau'in, tunda tana ɗaukarsa azaman karamin kare na daji, a cikin wani hali ba kamar na gida ba. A yau akwai takaddama game da wannan al'amarin, kamar yadda masana suka kasu zuwa ra'ayi daban-daban.