Northern Chinese boar

Northern Chinese boar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Suidae
Genus:Sus
Species: S. scrofa
Subspecies: S. s. moupinensis
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa moupinensis
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

  1. 1871.Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 7:93.(in French)
  2. "Pig Domestication in Ancient China". September 12, 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2017.


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