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Wild Boar — Sus scrofa

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758. Artiodactyla, Suidae, Suinae

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Ecology of Ungulates

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Five subspecies occur: S. s. scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (European part of Russia); S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 (Caucasus, Carpathian Mountains); S. s. nigripes Blanford, 1875 (Middle Asia, Kazakhstan); S. s. sibiricus Staffe, 1922 (Transbaikal); S. s. ussuricus Heude, 1888 (Far East) (Adlerberg 1950). During 1935–1988, 9285 animals were transferred between different parts of the range (Danilkin 2002).

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Baskin, L., Danell, K. (2003). Wild Boar — Sus scrofa . In: Ecology of Ungulates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06820-5_3

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