Biology:North African boar
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Barbary wild boar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | Sus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. s. algira
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Trinomial name | |
Sus scrofa algira Loche, 1867
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The Barbary wild boar (Sus scrofa algira) is a smaller subspecies of wild boar native to North Africa including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[1][2][3] It is a prey animal for past and present predators of the Atlas Mountains, such as striped hyenas, Atlas bears, African leopards and Barbary lions.
See also
- Sus scrofa
References
- ↑ "Barbary Wild Boar". www.wild-about-you.com. http://www.wild-about-you.com/GameBarbaryWildBoar.htm. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ↑ "Barbary Wild Boar | Big Game Hunting Records - Safari Club International Online Record Book". www.scirecordbook.org. http://www.scirecordbook.org/barbary-wild-boar/. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ↑ "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: scrofa". www.departments.bucknell.edu. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200054. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
Wikidata ☰ Q20908099 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North African boar.
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