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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758
- wild boar
(mammal)
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Sus scrofa group (Species group)
..Sus salvanius (Species) - pygmy hog
..Sus scrofa (Species) - wild boar
....Sus scrofa cristatus division (Subspecies group)
....Sus scrofa leucomystax division (Subspecies group)
....Sus scrofa scrofa division (Subspecies group)
....Sus scrofa vittatus division (Subspecies group)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 49.
Types
Type of
:
Sus scrofa group
Ref:
P. Grubb, 2005
: 640.
[inferred]
Type, by original designation, of
:
Sus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Sus scrofa scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wild zwijn
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
wild boar
Ref:
Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006
: 238.
:
boar
Ref:
Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006
: 238.
:
wild pig
Ref:
Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006
: 238.
:
domestic hog
:
domestic pig
:
European wild hog
:
pig
Ref:
1994
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