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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]
Sus (/ ˈ s uː s /) is the genus of domestic and wild 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 various other species.
Wild boar feeding on carcass in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka Suids are intelligent and adaptable animals. Adult females (sows) and their young travel in a group (sounder; see List of animal names ), while adult males (boars) are either solitary, or travel in small bachelor groups.
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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
They can reproduce quickly; female pigs can have multiple litters a year, up to 8 at a time, and hogs reach sexual maturity at a young age. Farm land torn up by wild hogs in Horry County
Feral boar may refer to: . A male feral pig of the domesticated subspecies Sus scrofa domesticus. (Females are feral sows.); A misnomer ("feral") for a wild boar (a.k.a. "wild pig", Sus scrofa) of either gender (although females are more properly wild sows
Eight suine species (counter-clockwise from top left): red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu), feral pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus), north Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis), wild boar (Sus scrofa), pygmy hog (Porcula salvanius), common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), and Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)