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The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. It lives in woodlands in central Europe, the Mediterranean regions, across southern Asia and as far as Indonesia. Animals similar to the wild boar include the warthog of Africa and the peccary or javelina of the American Southwest; but these animals do not share the pig's taxonomic genus. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2111 KB)eigen foto. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands...
Families Suidae Hippopotamidae Tayassuidae Camelidae Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The even-toed ungulates form the mammal order Artiodactyla. ...
Genera Babirusas, Babyrousa Giant forest hogs, Hylochoerus Warthogs, Phacochoerus Bush pigs, Potamochoerus Pigs, Sus Suidae is the biological family to which pigs and their relatives belong. ...
Genera Babirusas, Babyrousa Giant forest hogs, Hylochoerus Warthogs, Phacochoerus Bush pigs, Potamochoerus Pigs, Sus Suidae is the biological family to which pigs and their relatives belong. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ...
A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ( listen?), and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...
1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...
The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ...
Binomial name Phacochoerus africanus (Pallas, 1766) The Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family that lives in the plains and open woodlands of Africa. ...
Species Dicotyles tajacu Tyassu pecari Catagonus wagneri A peccary (also known by its Spanish name, Javelina) is a medium-sized mammal of the family Tayassuidae. ...
In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...
The wild boar for a long time was extinct in Great Britain, although some are farmed for their meat. In recent decades escaped wild boars have bred into a new wild population in some areas, particularly the Weald. Wild Boars can reach up to 440 lb (200 kg) and can be up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long. If surprised or cornered they may become aggressive and can cause injury with their tusks. However, this is quite rare and usually only occurs if a sow feels the need to defend her piglets. This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...
A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ...
Wild or feral
 Wild pigs introduced into Florida. The term boar can refer to an adult male domestic pig. The difference between the wild and domestic animals is largely a matter of perception; both are usually described as Sus scrofa, and domestic pigs quite readily become feral. The characterisation of populations as wild, feral or domestic and pig or boar is usually decided by where the animals are encountered and what is known of their history. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1084x662, 272 KB) Wild pig - Sus scrofa Source: http://mediaarchive. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1084x662, 272 KB) Wild pig - Sus scrofa Source: http://mediaarchive. ...
Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ...
A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ...
One characteristic by which domestic breed and wild animals are differentiated is coats. Wild animals almost always have thick, short bristly coats ranging in colour from brown through grey to black. A prominent ridge of hair matching the spine is also common, giving rise to the name razorback in the southern United States. The tail is usually short and straight. Wild animals tend also to have longer legs than domestic breeds and a longer and narrower head and snout. European adult males can be up to 200kg and have both upper and lower tusks; females do not have tusks and are around a third smaller on average. (Compare "Hogzilla", a very large boar shot in Georgia, USA in 2004.) Categories: Stub | Pigs ...
Hogzilla held up by a backhoe in the Summer of 2005 Hogzilla is a wild hog shot in Alapaha, Georgia in 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoaks farm and hunting reserve. ...
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2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Habits Wild boars live in groups called sounders. Sounders typically contain around twenty animals, but groups of over fifty have been seen. In a typical sounder there are two or three sows and their offspring; adult males are not part of the sounder outside of the autumnal breeding season and are usually found alone. Birth, called farrowing, usually occurs in the spring; a litter will typically contain five piglets, but up to thirteen has been known. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2245x1213, 884 KB) Wild Boar with hunting dog on a roman relief Third Century Relief has been found in Cologne Photo taken by user BS Thurner Hof at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne Feb 2005 File links The following...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2245x1213, 884 KB) Wild Boar with hunting dog on a roman relief Third Century Relief has been found in Cologne Photo taken by user BS Thurner Hof at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne Feb 2005 File links The following...
Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476. ...
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 Sport with Dogs.–"How the Wild Boar is hunted by means of Dogs." Facsimile of a miniature in the manuscript of the Livre du Roy Modus (14th century). The animals are usually nocturnal, foraging from dusk until dawn but with resting periods during both night and day. This is because hunters are most active during the day. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1448x781, 46 KB)Sport with Dogs. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1448x781, 46 KB)Sport with Dogs. ...
Subspecies Sus scrofa scrofa - inhabits North-West Africa, Europe and West Asia
Sus scrofa ussuricus - inhabits North Asia and Japan
Sus scrofa cristatus - inhabits Asia Minor peninsular, India and the Far- East
Sus scrofa vittatus - inhabits Indonesia
Hunting Wild boars are hunted rather because they are damaging crops and forests than for food. Such hunting was traditionally done by groups of spearmen using a specialised boar spear. The boar spear is fitted with a cross guard to stop the enraged animal driving its pierced body further down the shaft in order to attack its killer before dying. Specialised boar swords were also used in boar hunting, and also large hunting dogs, which would usually be equipped with heavy leather armour. See also mediaeval hunting. Such dog armour is also used by modern boar hunters, who however are usually armed with rifles or powerful compound bows. Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ...
A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ...
King William I and Harold II of England are portrayed hawking in the Bayeux Tapestry. ...
A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. ...
A compound bow is usually a composite recurve bow coupled with pulleys known as eccentric cams. ...
Mythology and symbolism One of the Twelve Labours of Hercules was hunting a wild boar, the "Erymanthian Boar". Boar hunting figures in several stories of Celtic and Irish mythology. The wild boar was a symbol of Richard III of England. The boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry. A complete beast may represent what are seen as the positive qualities of the boar, namely courage and fierceness in battle; a boar's head may represent hospitality (from the common provision of roast boar at banquets), or it may symbolise that the bearer of the arms is a noted hunter. However boar charges also lend themselves very well to canting (heraldic punning). The Twelve Labours of Herakles (Hercules) are a series of stories connected by a continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Herakles. ...
Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ...
Hercules Carrying the Boar by Giambologna In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with The Twelve Labours, in which Heracles, the (reconciled) enemy of Hera, visited in turn all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable monster of nature and rededicate...
A Celtic cross incorporating the Celtic knotwork motif associated with Celtic cultures Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. ...
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ...
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was the King of England from 1483 until his death and the last king from the House of York. ...
Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ...
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A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...
Queen Mothers funerary hatchment, showing the canting bows and lions of Bowes-Lyon Canting arms is a technique used in European heraldry whereby the name of the individual or community represented in a coat of arms is translated into a visual pun. ...
A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a deliberate confusion of similar-sounding words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. ...
Commerical Use The hair of the Boar was often used for the production of the Toothbrush until the invention of synthetic materials in the 1930's. The hair for the bristles usually came from the neck area of the Boar. Popular because the bristles were soft, it wasn't the best material for oral hygene for the hairs were slow to dry and usually retained bacteria. The toothbrush is a brush used to clean teeth. ...
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