Outside of Australia,

were proven to exist in Thailand, based on comparisons between the skulls of Thai

and those of fossil and present-day

. The population there probably has the biggest proportion of “pure”

. They are widespread in Northern and Central Thailand and rare in the southern regions. They may also exist in Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, on the Philippines and in Vietnam, but if they exist there, their distribution is unknown.

are regarded as widespread in Sulawesi, but their distribution in the rest of Indonesia is unknown. They are regarded as rare on the Philippines and are probably extinct on many islands.