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The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, [4] common wild pig, [5] Eurasian wild pig, [6] or simply wild pig, [7] is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. [5]
The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines. It is known by many names in the region (depending on the island and linguistic group) with most translating into 'wild ...
A feral pig is a domestic pig which has gone feral, meaning it lives in the wild. The term feral pig has also been applied to wild boars, which can interbreed with domestic pigs. [ 1 ] They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorback and wild hog are sometimes used in the United States refer to feral pigs or boar–pig hybrids.
Peccary. Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig -like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). They are found throughout Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in the southwestern area of North America. Peccaries usually measure between 90 and 130 cm (2 ft 11 in and 4 ft 3 in) in length, and a full ...
Pictures can be found on pages 10 and 11 of the “Managing Wild Pigs: A Technical Guide”. An uprooted field, as the hogs will tear up the ground to eat various roots and tubers. ...
In an online search, The Charlotte Observer found only one death by swine in the U.S. in the last decade — a 59-year-old woman killed by a herd of feral pigs as she stepped from her car to enter ...
Sus. (genus) Sus (/ ˈsuːs /) is the genus of wild and domestic pigs, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Sus include domestic pigs (Sus domesticus) and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Sus species, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents, ranging from ...
Indian boar. The Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus), also known as the Moupin pig, [2] is a subspecies of wild boar native to India, Nepal, Myanmar, western Thailand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The Indian boar differs from the Central European Boar by its large mane which runs in a crest along its back from its head to lower body, larger, more ...