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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.
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.
The Wessex Saddleback or Wessex Pig is a breed of domestic pig originating in the West Country of England, , especially in Wiltshire and the New Forest area of Hampshire. It is black, with white forequarters. In Britain it was amalgamated with the Essex pig to form the British Saddleback, and it is extinct as a separate breed in Britain ...
[7]: 235 In 1985 a breed association, the Oxford Sandy and Black Pig Society, was set up and a herd-book was published for the first time; it listed 62 sows and 15 boars, held by 29 different breeders. [4] [8] [9] The breed was recognised in 2003 by the British Pig Association, which then took over herd-book registration. [8]
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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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.
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