Anatolian boar
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Anatolian boar | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | Sus |
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Subspecies: | S. s. libycus
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Trinomial name | |
Sus scrofa libycus Gray, 1868
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The Anatolian boar (Sus scrofa libycus) is a subspecies of wild boar endemic to Turkey, Levant, Israel and Transcaucasia. It is likely to be one of the ancestors of today's domestic pigs.[1]
References[]
- ^ "The Domestication of Pigs - Sus scrofa's Two Distinct Histories". ThoughtCo. April 29, 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
Categories:
- Mammals described in 1868
- Mammals of Turkey
- Wild boars
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray
- Suidae stubs