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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033860Original name as described
Sus Scrofa
Other common names
Wild Boar · Indochinese Pig · Indonesian Banded Pig
Type material
RMNH.MAM.146
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.146Type 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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