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Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Suidae
- Genus
- Sus
- Species
- S. scrofa
Ecology
Habitat: Forest, agricultural land and scrub
Diet: Omnivore
Behaviour: Often nocturnal; females and young form groups called sounders.
Conservation: Least Concern (IUCN)
About & Interesting Facts
The wild boar is a widespread suid and the ancestor of the domestic pig.
- Wild boar root in soil for tubers and invertebrates.
- One of the most widely distributed mammals.