Lyon, 1. Jentink, 1. 90. 5natunensis. Miller, 1. 90. 1nicobaricus. Miller, 1. 90. 2The wild boar Sus scrofa, also known as the wild swine3 or Eurasian wild pig,4 is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its distribution further, making the species one of the widest ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform. Its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN1 and it has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. The animal probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene,5 and outcompeted other suid species as it spread throughout the Old World. As of 1. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young both male and female. Fully grown males are usually solitary outside the breeding season. The grey wolf is the wild boars main predator throughout most of its range except in the Far East and the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is replaced by the tiger and Komodo dragon respectively. It has a long history of association with humans, having been the ancestor of most domestic pig breeds and a big game animal for millennia. TerminologyeditAs true wild boars became extinct in Britain before the development of modern English, the same terms are often used for both true wild boar and pigs, especially large or semiwild ones. The English boar stems from the Old Englishbar, which is thought to be derived from the West Germanicbairaz, of unknown origin. Boar is sometimes used specifically to refer to males, and may also be used to refer to male domesticated pigs, especially breeding males that have not been castrated. Sow, the traditional name for a female, again comes from Old English and Germanic it stems from Proto Indo European, and is related to the Latin sus and Greek hus and more closely to the modern German Sau. The young may be called piglets. The animals specific name scrofa is Latin for sow. HuntingeditIn hunting terminology, boars are given different designations according to their age 1. Taxonomy and evolutioneditMt. DNA studies indicate that the wild boar originated from islands in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and the Philippines, and subsequently spread onto mainland Eurasia and North Africa. The earliest fossil finds of the species come from both Europe and Asia, and date back to the Early Pleistocene. By the late Villafranchian, S. S. strozzii, a large, possibly swamp adapted suid ancestral to the modern S. Eurasian mainland, restricting it to insular Asia. Its closest wild relative is the bearded pig of Malacca and surrounding islands. SubspecieseditAs of 2. Western Includes S. S. s. meridionalis, S. S. s. attila, S. s. S. s. nigripes. These subspecies are typically high skulled though lybicus and some scrofa are low skulled, with thick underwool and excepting scrofa and attila poorly developed manes. Indian Includes S. S. s. cristatus. These subspecies have sparse or absent underwool, with long manes and prominent bands on the snout and mouth. While S. s. cristatus is high skulled, S. Eastern Includes S. S. s. ussuricus, S. S. s. riukiuanus, S. S. s. moupinensis. These subspecies are characterised by a whitish streak extending from the corners of the mouth to the lower jaw. With the exception of S. The underwool is thick, except in S. Download The Tigger Movie Movies. Indonesian Represented solely by S. It is the most basal of the four groups, having the smallest relative brain size, more primitive dentition and unspecialised cranial structure. Subspecies. Image. Trinomial authority. Description. Range. Synonyms. Central European boar. S. s. scrofa. Nominate subspecies. Linnaeus, 1. 75. 8A medium sized, dark to rusty brown haired subspecies with long and relatively narrow lacrimal bones3Northern Spain, northern Italy, France, Germany, Benelux, Croatia, Belarus, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and possibly Albaniaanglicus Reichenbach, 1. Erxleben, 1. 77. 7, asiaticus Sanson, 1. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Thomas, 1. 91. 1, celticus Sanson, 1. Linnaeus, 1. 75. 8, crispus Fitzinger, 1. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Erxleben, 1. 77. 7, europaeus Pallas, 1. Schreber, 1. 79. 0, ferox Moore, 1. Gmelin, 1. 78. 8, gambianus Gray, 1. Schreber, 1. 79. 0, hungaricus Reichenbach, 1. Sanson, 1. 87. 8, italicus Reichenbach, 1. Fitzinger, 1. 85. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Fitzinger, 1. 85. G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Nehring, 1. 88. 4, palustris Rtimeyer, 1. Gray, 1. 86. 2, polonicus Reichenbach, 1. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Gray, 1. 82. 7, sennaarensis Fitzinger, 1. Gray, 1. 86. 8, sennaariensis Fitzinger, 1. Boddaert, 1. 78. 5, siamensis von Schreber, 1. Erxleben, 1. 77. 7, suevicus Reichenbach, 1. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Reichenbach, 1. 84. Reichenbach, 1. 84. S. D. W., 1. 83. 6, wittei Reichenbach, 1. North African boar. S. s. algira. Loche, 1. Sometimes considered a junior synonym of S. Tunisia, Algeria and Moroccobarbarus Sclater, 1. Heim de Balzac, 1. Carpathian boar. S. Thomas, 1. 91. 2A large sized subspecies with long lacrimal bones and dark hair, though lighter coloured than S. Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Balkans, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Caspian coast, Asia Minor and northern Iranfalzfeini Matschie, 1. Indian boar. S. s. Wagner, 1. 83. 9A long maned subspecies with a coat that is brindled black unlike S. S. s. scrofa. Its head is larger and more pointed than that of S. The plane of the forehead is straight, while it is concave in S. India, Nepal, Burma, western Thailand and Sri Lankaaffinis Gray, 1. Gray, 1. 86. 8, aipomus Hodgson, 1. Blyth, 1. 86. 0, indicus Gray, 1. Gray, 1. 86. 8, isonotus Hodgson, 1. Miller, 1. 90. 6, typicus Lydekker, 1. Blyth, 1. 85. 1Central Asian boar. S. s. davidi. Groves, 1. A small, long maned and light brown subspecies1. Pakistan and northwest India to southeastern Iran. Japanese boar. S. Temminck, 1. 84. 2A small, almost maneless, yellowish brown subspecies1. All of Japan, save for Hokkaido and the Ryukyu Islandsjaponica Nehring, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 9Anatolian boar. S. s. libycus. Gray, 1. A small, pale and almost maneless subspecies1. Transcaucasia, Turkey, Levant, Israel and former Yugoslavialybicus Groves, 1. Ulmansky, 1. 91. 1reiseri Bolkay, 1. Maremman boar. S. De Beaux and Festa, 1. Smaller than S. s. S. s. scrofa, largely due to the two being kept together in meat farms and artificial introductions by hunters of S. S. s. majori habitats. Its separation from S. Maremma central ItalyMediterranean boar. S. s. meriodionalis. Forsyth Major, 1. Andalusia, Corsica and Sardiniabaeticus Thomas, 1. Strbel, 1. 88. 2Northern Chinese boar. S. s. moupinensis. Milne Edwards, 1. There are significant variations within this subspecies, and it is possible there are actually several subspecies involved. Coastal China south to Vietnam and west to Sichuanacrocranius Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 88. 8, chirodonticus Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, curtidens Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 88. 8, flavescens Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, laticeps Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 88. 8, melas Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, oxyodontus Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, palustris Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, scrofoides Heude, 1. Heude, 1. 89. 2, taininensis Heude, 1. The Wild Life Free Download© 2017