Central Asian boar

Central Asian boar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
S. scrofa
Subspecies:
S. s. davidi
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa davidi
Groves, 1981

The Central Asian boar (Sus scrofa davidi) is a small long maned subspecies of wild boar indigenous to Southeastern Iran, Pakistan and Northwest India.[1]

Description

The subspecies is smaller than the nominate S. s. scrofa. It is light brown in color and has a long and thick mane. Males have been reported to reach weights of up to 158 kg, and females 123 kg.[1]

Australian anthropologist Colin Groves named it after Reuben David, an Indian zoologist.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Wild Pig Specialist group. "LC - Eurasian Wild Pig". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ John, Paul (2019-09-28). "Reuben David's legacy crumbling into oblivion". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Groves, Colin P. (1981). Ancestors for the Pigs: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Sus. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-909596-75-0.


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