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The British Saddleback is a modern British breed of domestic pig. It was created in 1967 by merging the surviving populations of two traditional saddleback breeds, the Essex and Wessex Saddleback . [ 2 ] : 224 It is an endangered breed , listed on the watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as at risk, the second-highest level of concern.
The Large Black is a British breed of domestic pig.It is the only British pig that is entirely black. [2] It was created in the last years of the nineteenth century by merging the black pig populations of Devon and Cornwall in the south-west with those of Essex, Suffolk and Kent in the south-east.
Saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus, a black and white species of anemonefish; Saddleback seal, or harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus; Saddleback toad, a genus of small, colourful toads the family Brachycephalidae; British Saddleback, a modern British breed of domestic pig
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Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
Like other old British pig breeds, the ancestor of the Essex may have originated in the county of the same name from selective breeding of local wild pigs. [citation needed] It was originally a smallish, "coarse" black-and-white pig that was noted for being easy to keep and cheap to feed, qualities that ensured its popularity with smallholders.
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