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Taxonomy
Sus scrofa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Sus scrofa Linnaeus p. 49 |
| 1860 | Sus scrofa Leidy p. 109 |
| 1902 | Sus scrofa Hay p. 661 |
| 1911 | Sus scrofa Thomas p. 140 |
| 1927 | Sus scrofa Boule and De Villeneuve p. 38 |
| 1995 | Sus scrofa Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 250 |
| 2007 | Sus scrofa Funk et al. p. 427 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 [wild boar]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
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| 34.7 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 62.3 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 46.5 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| humerus diameter | 1 | 19.2 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 22.0 | |||||
| ulna diameter | 1 | 12.6 |
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (117 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Sus scrofa (189573) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Sus scrofa (36819) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France | Sus scrofa (49307) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sus scrofa (50000) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Sus scrofa (43020 45065 45085) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Sus scrofa (77751) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Sus scrofa (189574) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sicily) | Sus scrofa (94328) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Liaoyang) | Sus scrofa (34667) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | Sus scrofa (36585) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Sus scrofa (43656) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Sus scrofa (34872) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Segovia) | Sus scrofa (36517) | |
| Pleistocene | Morocco | Sus scrofa (22489) | |
| Pleistocene | India (West Bengal) | Sus scrofa (238025) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Jiangxi) | Sus scrofa (35923) | |
| Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sus scrofa (50193) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Sus scrofa (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Madras) | Sus scrofa (228955) | |
| Pleistocene | Germany (Thuringia) | Sus scrofa (22728) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Sus scrofa (21856 21857 21859) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Libya | Sus scrofa (21884) | |
| Quaternary | Slovakia | Sus scrofa (34583) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Sus scrofa (34870) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Sus scrofa (58421) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Sus scrofa (38649 235739) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Suffolk) | Sus scrofa (49813 49814 49815) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Sus scrofa (43645 43653 43655 43664) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Sus scrofa (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Turkey | Sus scrofa (43008) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Czech Republic | Sus scrofa (36214) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Sus scrofa (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Chaiyaphum) | Sus scrofa (237787) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | Sus scrofa (235746) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greece | Sus scrofa (194474 194477) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Sus scrofa (40341 120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Malaysia (Perak) | Sus scrofa (235742) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Sus scrofa (36206) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Sus scrofa (34981) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Pas de Calais) | Sus scrofa (49087) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Netherlands | Sus scrofa (109704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Lazio Region) | Sus scrofa (36134) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Sus scrofa (50199 50259) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Sus scrofa (34985) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Molise) | Sus scrofa (44092) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Sus scrofa (92781) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Sus scrofa (40808 43699 43700 43701) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sus scrofa (50196) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Haute-Garonne) | Sus scrofa (49089) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Capri Island) | Sus scrofa (43016) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Sus scrofa (51100) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Sus scrofa (43697) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Sus scrofa (13293) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Sus scrofa (235737) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Achaia) | Sus scrofa (204554) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Sus scrofa (191726) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sus scrofa (43618) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary | Israel | Sus scrofa (13490) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal (Algarve) | Sus scrofa (40984) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Malaysia (Selangor) | Sus scrofa (235743) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Sus scrofa (90036) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Sus scrofa (92787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Sus scrofa (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Ioannina) | Sus scrofa (208564 208565) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Dodecanese) | Sus scrofa (182809) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Sus scrofa (43689) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Sus scrofa (34679) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Sus scrofa (36729 36730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sus scrofa (43629) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Sus scrofa (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Thailand (Chaiyaphum) | Sus scrofa (237788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Sus scrofa (200295) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Sus scrofa (191720 191722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Sus scrofa (205285 221412 221414 221415 221416) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Heilongjiang) | Sus scrofa (230983) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Sus scrofa (184243) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Argolida) | Sus scrofa (182709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sus scrofa (63429) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Sus scrofa (63563) | |
| Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Sus scrofa (124320) | |
| Holocene | Marshall Islands | Sus scrofa (194995 194997) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Sus scrofa (43690) | |
| Holocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Sus scrofa (194640) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Sus scrofa (191169) | |
| Holocene | France | Sus scrofa (59150) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Sus scrofa (55533) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom | Sus scrofa (122112) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Sus scrofa (171637) | |
| Holocene | Ecuador (Galapagos) | Sus scrofa (190846) | |
| Holocene | Bulgaria | Sus scrofa (232847) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Sicily) | Sus scrofa (175523) | |
| Holocene | Cook Islands | Sus scrofa (193448) | |
| Holocene | Vietnam | Sus scrofa (32904) |