Biology:North African boar

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Barbary wild boar
Annual report - New York Zoological Society (1920) (Sus scrofa algira).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. s. algira
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa algira
Loche, 1867
Synonyms

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

Wikidata ☰ Q20908099 entry