Sus scrofa

Linnaeus, 1758

Eurasian Wild Pig

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Family : Suidae
Genus : Sus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Sus Scrofa

Other common names

Wild Boar · Indochinese Pig · Indonesian Banded Pig

Type material

RMNH.MAM.146

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Germany.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Sweden · Finland · Switzerland · Luxembourg · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Hungary · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · South Korea · Japan · Taiwan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

wild form of S. domesticus; includes bucculentus; includes chirodontus, cristatus, davidi, leucomystax, moupinensis, taevanus, vittatus, and ussuricus, which were recognized as distinct species by Groves & Grubb 2011; also includes bucculentus; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

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. · Robins, J. H., Ross, H. A., Allen, M. S., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2006). Sus bucculentus revisited. Nature, 440(7086), E7. · Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Meijaard, E., & Groves, C. P. (2013). New taxonomic proposals for the Sus scrofa group in eastern Asia. Suiform Soundings, 12(1), 26-30.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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