Sus domesticus
Erxleben, 1777
Domestic Pig
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Suina |
Family | : Suidae |
Genus | : Sus |
Species status
Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872976Original name as described
Sus Scrofa domesticus
Other common names
Hog · Pig · Swine
Type locality
type locality not given.
Country distribution
Domesticated
Taxonomy notes
domestic form of S. scrofa
Taxonomy notes citation
Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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