Domestic pig
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| Domestic pig | |
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| Female (sou) breistfeedin piglet | |
Domesticatit
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Faimily: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | S. scrofa |
| Subspecies: | S. s. domesticus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Sus scrofa domesticus Erxleben, 1777
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus), whiles cried swine or hog, is a muckle, even-taed ungulate; it is considered a subspecies o the wild boar or a distinct species.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Colin P. Groves (1995). "On the nomenclature of domestic animals" (PDF). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 52 (2): 137–141. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.6749. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Apryle 2011. Unknown parameter
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