WILD BOAR / DOMESTIC PIG HYBRID Sus scrofa

PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view 2. Ventral view 3. Details 4. Back to "Pigs"

The relatively long snout indicates that this pig, reared on a game ranch in the USA, has been crossed with wild stock.

TAXONOMY Order - Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed) Suborder - Suiformes ("pig-like") Family - Suidae (pigs)

Dental Formula : 3.1.4.3 / 3.1.4.3 = 44

	1.Wild Boar hybrid Skull, female, lateral view.
	1.Wild Boar hybrid Skull, female, ventral view.

Details of Specimens Illustrated

Image 1

Wild Boar / Domestic Pig Hybrid Sus scrofa

Sex - female

Stage - adult (last molar almost erupted)

Area collected - USA (game ranch)

Source - Courtesy of Joey Williams

Measurements

Overall length

312mm

Zygomatic width

142mm

Scientific Name : Sus - "pig", (latin)
Scientific Name : scrofa - "breeding sow", (latin)

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