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Boar–pig hybrid is a hybridized offspring of a cross between the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) and any domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). Feral hybrids exist throughout Eurasia , the Americas , Australia, and in other places where European settlers imported wild boars to use as game animals .
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 in reference to feral pigs or boar–pig hybrids.
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.
Tamworths are considered a medium-sized porcine breed; a full-grown boar ranges from 250 to 370 kg (550 to 820 lb) and a full-grown sow ranges from 200 to 300 kg (440 to 660 lb). The adult length ranges from 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in), and heights of about 50 to 65 cm (20 to 26 in) are common. [ 11 ]
The American Berkshire Association, established in 1875, was the first breed society for a pig breed; [5]: 551 the first pig registered was a boar named Ace of Spades, reportedly bred by Queen Victoria. [9] The pigs were exported to Japan in the 1860s, and became numerous there: in 2007 there were over 330 000. [10]
Boar–pig hybrids, which are hybrids of wild boars and domestic pigs and exist as an invasive species throughout Eurasia, the Americas, Australia, and in other places where European settlers imported wild boars to use as game animals, are also used for selective breeding to re-create the type of pigs represented in prehistoric artworks dating ...
Hogzilla (a portmanteau of hog and Godzilla) was a notably large male hybrid of wild hog and domestic pig that was shot and killed by Chris Griffin in Alapaha, Georgia, United States, on June 17, 2004, on Ken Holyoak's fish farm and hunting reserve. [1] It was alleged to be 12 feet (3.7 m) long and weighed over 1,000 pounds (450 kg).
In 1919 a Large Black sow was Supreme Champion at Smithfield (UK), and at the Royal Show that year 121 Large Blacks were entered, more than any other breed. [14] Popularity of the breed peaked in the 1920s, however, and after World War II, population numbers declined as farmers began to favour pig breeds that would do well in intensive indoor farming. [15]