Published November 26, 2024 | Version v1
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Sus scrofa LinnaEus 1758

Description

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

Eurasian Wild Pig

The species account for S. scrofa in Lowery (1974) only focused on domesticated animals, with no discussion of feral populations in Louisiana. Currently, feral populations of S. scrofa are found in all 64 parishes.

Notes

Published as part of Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, pp. 1-28 in Occasional Papers of the Museum 389 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15748679

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
LinnaEus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Suidae
Genus
Sus
Species
scrofa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sus scrofa LinnaEus, 1758 sec. Hoffman, Lester, Doucet & Iguwe, 2024