Boar
The Boar (Sus
scrofa) is a species of swine belonging to the family Suidae, of
which there are at least 16 subspecies. Historically,
the wild boar is the ancestor of the domestic pig (suborder Bunodontia)
with which today it freely interbreeds. Wild
boars originated in Western Europe and Northern Africa, but now range
across the entire continent down into the Mediterranean basin, through India and
South-East Asia to Japan, Sri Lanka, Java, Taiwan, Korea and Malaya. They have also
become established in other parts of the world, were having been introduced for
the sport of hunting, they escaped from captivity into the wild.In the UK, Wild
boars are known simply as boars, but around the world they are known by a
variety of other names, including.
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