Name
Sus scrofa
Wild boar
Framing
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Suborder: Suina
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species: scrofa
Habitat
Terrestrial, in a wide variety of habitats including forests, marshes, agrosystems and others
Feeding
Omnivore
Distribution
Europe, Asia and North Africa, although introduced elsewhere. Widely distributed in the Iberian Peninsula.
Conservation status
Least concern (LC) globally (IUCN, 2019). Similar situation in Spain
Additional information
Spindle-shaped and stocky body. Elongated muzzle ending in a snout, with large, protruding canines in males. Shaggy coat until 6 months of age, reddish between 6 and 12 months and greyish-brown as an adult.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Giménez-Anaya, A., Bueno, C. G., Fernández-Llario, P., Fonseca, C., García-González, R., Herrero, J., Nores, C., & Rosell, C. (2020). What Do We Know About Wild Boar in Iberia? En Problematic Wildlife II (pp 251-271). Angelici, F., & Rossi, L. (Eds). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42335-3_9
- Pascal, E. (2004). El jabalí: descripción, comportamiento, vida social, mitología, observación... Omega. Disponible en biblioteca UGR
- Rosell, C, & Herrero, J. (2007). Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758. En Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos terrestres de España (pp. 348-351). Palomo, L. J., Gisbert, J., & Blanco, J. C. (eds). Dirección General de Biodiversidad – SECEM-SECEMU. Accesible en: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales/ieet_mami_sus_scrofa_tcm30-99882.pdf
- Zachos, F. E., & Corlatti, L. (Eds). Terrestrial Cetartiodactyla (Handbook of the Mammals of Europe). Springer.
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