Biology:Northern Chinese boar

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Short description: Subspecies of mammal

Northern Chinese boar
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. s. moupinensis
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa moupinensis
Milne-Edwards, 1871
Synonyms

The northern Chinese boar (Sus scrofa moupinensis) is a subspecies of wild boar native to China and Vietnam. The subspecies was described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1871.[1] It also occurs in Sichuan. It is likely to be the ancestor of domestic pigs.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16480282 entry