Taxonomy Profile: Sus scrofa (Linnaeus 1758)

Sus scrofa: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Sus domesticus
Erxleben 1777
Common Name(s):
pig []
pig (feral) []
wild boar []
Wild Boar []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sus scrofa: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Artiodactyla
cloven-hoofed ungulates |
even-toed ungulates |
porco do mato |
veado |
artiodactyls |
Family : Suidae
pigs |
hogs |
Subfamily : Suinae
Tribe : Suini
Genus : Sus
pigs |
Species : Sus scrofa
pig |
pig (feral) |
wild boar |
Wild Boar |
Sus scrofa Direct Children(s):
Sus scrofa scrofa
(Linnaeus 1758)
Sus scrofa algira
(Loche 1867)
Sus scrofa attila
(Thomas 1912)
Sus scrofa cristatus
(Wagner 1839)
Sus scrofa davidi
(Groves 1981)
Sus scrofa leucomystax
(Temminck 1842)
Sus scrofa libycus
(Gray 1868)
Sus scrofa majori
(De Beaux and Festa 1927)
Sus scrofa meridionalis
(Forsyth Major 1882)
Sus scrofa moupinensis
(Milne-Edwards 1871)
Sus scrofa nigripes
(Blanford 1875)
Sus scrofa riukiuanus
(Kuroda 1924)
Sus scrofa sibiricus
(Staffe 1922)
Sus scrofa taivanus
(Swinhoe 1863)
Sus scrofa ussuricus
(Heude 1888)
Sus scrofa vittatus
(Boie 1828)
Sus scrofa: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Central Pacific Territories / Introduced
Sus scrofa: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable as S. s. riukiuanus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Genov (1999) and Groves (1981a, 2003). Treatment of majori as a subspecies follows Randi et al. (1996). The species can be partitioned into the following divisions (Genov, 1999; Groves and Grubb 1993): cristatus division (including also davidi), leucomystax division (including also moupinensis, riukiuanus, sibiricus, taivanus, and ussuricus), nominate scrofa division (including also algira, attila, libycus, majori, meridionalis, and nigripes), and vittatus division. For systemati...