Stats

Lifespan

10-14 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Herd

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Eurasia

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Herd Safety

Status

Common

About

A powerfully built wild pig native to forests across Eurasia and North Africa, and the wild ancestor of every domestic pig. Boars are famously adaptable omnivores that root through soil with a keen nose, travel in tight family groups called sounders, and defend themselves with sharp tusks.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn piglet

   A newborn piglet nurses in a row beside its littermates, often born with light stripes.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned juvenile roots in the dirt for food, loses its stripes, and shadows the adults.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown and rooting independently.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Suidae

Genus

Sus

Species

Sus scrofa