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Domestic sow with piglet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Suidae Genus: Sus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Image File history File links Sow_with_piglet. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea 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 Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Anagaloidea (extinct) Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Dinocerata (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... 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. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Sus barbatus Müller, 1838 Subspecies Sus barbatus oi Sus barbatus barbatus Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus The Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus) is a species of pigs. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... We dont have an article called Pigmy Hog Start this article Search for Pigmy Hog in. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ...

Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. They have been domesticated and raised as livestock by some peoples for meat (called pork) as well as for leather. Their bristly hairs are also traditionally used for brushes. Wild pigs continue to fill these functions in certain parts of the world. Llamas such as this, which have two toes, are artiodactylas -- even toed ungulates Ungulates (meaning roughly hoofed or hoofed animal) make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive. ... Eurasia African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of Europe and Asia. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... 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. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... Various meats Cold Meat Salad Meat, in its broadest modern definition, is all animal tissue intended to be used as food. ... Two halves of a pig being delivered Pork is the meat taken from pigs. ... Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ... Young Girl Fixing her Hair, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Hair is a filamentous outgrowth from the skin, found mainly in mammals. ... Different styles of paintbrushes The term brush refers to a variety of devices mainly with bristles, wire or other filament of any possible material used mainly for cleaning, grooming hair, painting, deburring and other kinds of surface finishing, but also for many other purposes like (but not limited to) seals...

Pigs are omnivores, which means that they consume both plants and animals. On a small farm, or in a large household, they can be fed kitchen scraps as part or all of their diet. In the wild, they are foraging animals. Pigs that are allowed to forage may be watched by swineherds. Because of their foraging abilities and excellent sense of smell, they are used to find truffles in many European countries. They are also fattened to be eaten as ham and other types of meat, such as bacon. An omnivore (from Latin: omne all, everything; vorare to devour) is an animal that eats both plants and meat. ... In a draw in a mountainous region, a shepherd guides a flock of about 20 sheep amidst scrub and olive trees. ... Truffle describes a group of edible mycorrhizal (subterranean) mushrooms (genus Tuber, class Ascomycetes, division Mycota). ... Template:Other uses Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, back or belly of a pig, cured and possibly smoked. ...

Pigs are highly trainable animals, and some, such as the Asian pot-bellied pig, are kept as pets. A litter of piglets typically contains between 6 and 12 animals. Occasionally, in captivity, pigs may eat their own young. The pot-bellied pig is a breed of domestic pig originating in Vietnam. ... Pets and humans often contribute toward the happiness of the other in a pet relationship. ...

Pigs lack sweat glands, thus they must have access to water or mud to cool themselves during hot weather. They also use mud as a form of sunscreen to protect their skin from sunburn. Sweating (also called perspiration or sometimes transpiration) is the loss of a watery fluid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and urea in solution, that is secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. ...

Pig species

Pigs in extensive growing

• Sus barbatus Bearded Pig; Malaysia, Indonesia
• Sus bucculentus Vietnamese Warty Pig
• Sus cebifrons Visayas Warty Pig
• Sus celebensis Celebes Warty Pig
• Sus daelius Poulter Warty Pig
• Sus heureni Flores Warty Pig
• Sus philippensis Philippine Warty Pig
• Sus salvanius Pigmy Hog; NE India, Himalayas
• Sus scrofa (also called S. domesticus) Domestic pig, razorback, wild boar; Europe, Asia
• Sus timoriensis Timor Warty Pig
• Sus verrucosus Javan pig, Warty Pig; Indonesia, Philippines
• Sus habeoncosus Malaysian pig, Warty Pig

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2183 KB) Make by Joan the 12 october 2005 in Manacor File links The following pages link to this file: Pig Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2183 KB) Make by Joan the 12 october 2005 in Manacor File links The following pages link to this file: Pig Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Binomial name Sus barbatus Müller, 1838 Subspecies Sus barbatus oi Sus barbatus barbatus Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus The Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus) is a species of pigs. ... We dont have an article called Pigmy Hog Start this article Search for Pigmy Hog in. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Razorbacks, also referred to as an Old World swine, Eurasian wild boar, or Russian wild boar, are feral pigs that were brought to North America by the explorer Hernando de Soto during the mid-1550s. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ...

Hybrid swine

Wild Boar/Domestic Pig Hybrid, Rothschild Museum, Tring

Domestic Tamworth pigs are often crossed with wild boar to create "Iron Age Pigs" that resemble early domestic pigs. The piglets have stripes or blotches like young boar. "Iron Age Pigs" are a common attraction at farm parks. The hybrids are tamer than wild boar, but less tractable than domestic swine and generally become specialist pork sausages. Other domestic breeds of pig have been crossed with wild boar to produce a leaner meat for the specialist meat trade. Image File history File linksMetadata Hybrid-pig2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Hybrid-pig2. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ...

Various domestic pigs have been crossed with American wild hogs to produce compact, hairy hog-like hybrids.

In "The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication" Charles Darwin wrote: The European wild boar and the Chinese domesticated pig are almost certainly specifically distinct: Sir F. Darwin crossed a sow of the latter breed with a wild Alpine boar which had become extremely tame, but the young, though having half-domesticated blood in their veins, were "extremely wild in confinement", and would not eat swill like common English pigs. In his lifetime, Charles Darwin gained international fame as an influential scientist examining controversial topics. ...

Terminology

Domestic pigs

Several different words in English identify different types of pigs: ImageMetadata File history File links Pigs. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Pigs. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

• Boar - An adult male pig
• Sow - An adult female pig
• Piglet/farrow - A juvenile pig
• Shoat - A young pig between 100 to 180 lb (50 to 90 kg)
• Gilt - An immature female pig
• Barrow - A castrated male pig
• Hog - a domestic or wild adult swine, especially one raised for slaughter because they fatten quickly; in its original sense it means a castrated boar.
• Swine - Synonym for "pigs" (plural)

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As food

Meat from pigs is called pork (coming from the Latin words "porcinus" and "porcus"). Their trotters are often sold as the jelly-like dish of pig's feet. Hog jowls are a popular soul food. The American pig-raising industry calls pork a "white meat" (like poultry) implying it is healthier than "red meat" like beef. Both Islam and Judaism forbid the eating of pork in any form, considering the pig to be an unclean animal: no form of pig meat can be kosher or halal (see taboo food and drink) Two halves of a pig being delivered Pork is the meat taken from pigs. ... A trotter is a standardbred horse which races in a gait called the trot. ... For the type of cuisine, see soul food. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... This article describes the Jewish religion; for a consideration of ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity refer to the article Jew. ... It has been suggested that Clean animals be merged into this article or section. ... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Swine are considered treyf, non-kosher (unfit or unclean) in Judaism or haraam in Islam Taboo food and drinks are food and drink which people avoid consuming for religious, cultural or health reasons. ...

Cultural references to pigs

A Bearded Pig

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Religious references

• In ancient Greece, a sow was an appropriate sacrifice to Demeter and had been her favorite animal since she had been the Great Goddess of archaic times. Initiates at the Eleusinian Mysteries began by sacrificing a pig.

• The pig is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Believers in Chinese astrology associate each animal with certain personality traits. See: Pig (Zodiac).

• Muslims are forbidden to consume pork by the Qur'an.
• Jews are also forbidden to consume pork by the laws of Kashrut.

• In the Gospels, Jesus tells a parable of a prodigal son who gets a job feeding pigs and wished that he could eat the swill himself.

• In the Gospels, Jesus performs a miracle by causing demons who possess a man to enter a herd of swine who then run off a cliff and drown.

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Pigs and people

• Pigs are often used to comment on the human condition. Winston Churchill said that "Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

• A number of schools (elementary, middle, and high schools) and universities have adopted pig or pig-related mascots. The most notable of which is the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, whose mascot, the razorback (Sus scrofa) makes them the only university or major sports team in the United States with a porcine mascot.

• Magical transformation of humans into pigs has been used as a key plot device in fantasy storytelling - for example the Ancient Greek epic The Odyssey, in which the hero's ship's crew is turned into pigs by Circe.

• Zhu Bajie is a famous part human, part pig, literary character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West.

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Pig-related idioms

• The idiomatic phrase "when pigs fly" (or 'pigs might fly') refers to something that is unlikely to ever happen. Though its origins are much older, its popularity is reinforced by such popular references as in the Lewis Carroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter and Pink Floyd's album Animals

• The English language abounds with unflattering references and idioms involving pigs. Pigs are commonly associated with greed ("as greedy as a pig") and obesity, gluttony ("to pig out"). Likewise, a hog is someone or something that monopolizes time, resources, or processes, e.g. a road hog or server hog. Pigs are also associated with dirtiness ("this room is a pigsty"); the latter probably comes from their habit of wallowing in mud. The perennially soot-covered character in the Peanuts comic strip is named Pig-Pen.

• "Pig" is also used as a derogatory slang term for a police officer in more than just the English language.

• "Male chauvinist pig" was a derogatory term adopted by the women's liberation movement in the 1960s to describe men who seem to believe that males are superior to females.

• "In a pig's eye" is a rhyming slang expression meaning, "That's not true." "Pig's eye" rhymes with, "lie."

• "Sweating like a Pig" to indicate sweating heavily. This is incorrect, as pigs don't have sweat glands.

• "Pig out" is an idiom that means to eat voraciously.

• The Missouri folklorist Max Hunter collected a number of pig-related idioms:

"It's plain as a pig on a sofa"

"Clumsy as a hog on ice"

"Content as a dead pig in the sunshine"

"Wild as a peach-orchard hog"

• Thrifty (if not fussy) sausage-makers were said to use "everything but the squeal."

• The term "slicker than a greased pig" refers an event that went well without any set backs.

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Other pig-related words

• The noise that a pig makes is usually represented as "oink" in the English language but in many different ways in other languages – for instance, chrum (Polish), hunk (Albanian), hulu (Mandarin Chinese), nøff (Norwegian) and so on. See oink for a fuller list.

• American footballs were originally made from pig skin and are often called pigskins.

• The familiar piggybank got its name and shape as a result of a pun on the word pygg, a type of clay commonly used to produce household items in the 18th Century.

• Pig iron is so named because the molten newly-smelted iron was once poured into molds resembling rows of suckling pigs.

• A type of barrel called a "hog's head" appears often in the writings of Mark Twain.

• A "hogshead" is a large volume of liquid.

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Music and art

• Pigs Is Pigs, is the title of a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon. This noted cartoon tells a story rooted in the synominous nature pigs have with gluttony.

• Song of Pig is a popular song in China.

• Pigs feature heavily in the artwork and stage shows of the rock band Pink Floyd.

• War Pigs is an anti-war song by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

• There are scenes of Marilyn Manson riding a pig in the Sweet Dreams MTV.

• KMFDM contributor Raymond Watts has solo project called PIG.

• The industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails have songs titled "March of the Pigs" and "Piggy", both on the album The Downward Spiral.

• Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin.

• Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals featured three songs about pigs, in symbolic, Orwell referencing form. See the article for a wider analysis.

• Piggies is a song by Beatle George Harrison, comparing people to pigs.

• Pigs are a recurring motif in the work of Jhonen Vasquez

• Miss Piggy is an anthropomorphized, fictional character from The Muppet Show television series.

• Homer Simpson calls the pig a "wonderful, magical animal" in The Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian, unaware that bacon, ham and pork chops are all from the same animal.

• An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig is an episode of South Park, in which the boys try to cross-breed Cartman's pig with Kyle's Elephant.

• The movie Razorback (film) is about a killer hog/razorback.

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See also

• Family farm hog pen
• Bacon
• Ham
• Hog-baiting
• Guinea pig (is a rodent)
• Intensive pig farming
• Razorbacks (mascot for the sports teams of the University of Arkansas, also known as "The Hogs")
• List of fictional pigs
• Pig iron
• Pigpen
• Pig War
• Fetal pig
• Hogzilla
• Pig Olympics

The family hog pen of yesteryear and the hog farm of today in the United States are vastly different. ... Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, back or belly of a pig, cured and possibly smoked. ... Template:Other uses Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... Hog-baiting, aka Hog dogging, Hog-dog fighting, or Hog-dog rodeo is a bloodsport involving the baiting of a hog or boar. ... Species Cavia porcellus Cavia aperea Cavia tchudii Cavia guianae Cavia anolaimae Cavia nana Cavia fulgida Cavia magna Cavia intermedia Guinea pigs (also called cavies) are rodents belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. ... ‘Intensive piggeries’ or hog lots are a type of concentrated animal feeding operation specialized for the raising of hogs up to slaughterweight. ... The Razorbacks are the mascot for the University of Arkansas The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as The Hogs, is the name of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. ... The University of Arkansas is a public co-educational land-grant university. ... // Pigs in Literature Ace, great-grandson of Babe in Ace, the Very Important Pig by Dick King-Smith. ... Pig iron is raw iron, the immediate product of smelting iron ore with coke and limestone in a blast furnace. ... A pigpen is a fence used to keep a pig in a farm, see sty Pigpen is the name of a character in Charles M. Schulzs comic strip Peanuts. ... The Pig War (also called the Pig Episode, the San Juan Boundary Dispute or the Northwestern Boundary Dispute) was a confrontation in 1859 between American and British authorities, resulting from a dispute over the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. ... Fetal pigs are used in elementary as well as advanced biology classes as objects for dissection. ... Hogzilla is a wild hog shot in Alapaha, Georgia on 17 June 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoaks farm and hunting reserve. ... The Pig Olympics are a sporting event entered by specially-bred and trained piglets. ...

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