name: Wild Boar

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name_scientific: Sus scrofa

description: Wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises. Wild boar are native across much of Northern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean Region (including North Africa's Atlas Mountains) and much of Asia as far south as Japan and Indonesia. Populations have also been artificially introduced in some parts of the world, most notably the Americas and Australasia. Elsewhere, populations have also become established after escapes of wild boar from captivity.

itis_id: 180722

wikipedia_id: Wild boar

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food_group: Animal foods

food_subgroup: Swine

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2018-01-18T03:18:03.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

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category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 9823

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