Indian boar

Indian boar
Indian boar, Bandhavgarh National Park, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
S. scrofa
Subspecies:
S. s. cristatus
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa cristatus
Wagner, 1839
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • affinis (Gray, 1847)
  • aipomus (Gray, 1868)
  • aipomus (Hodgson, 1842)
  • bengalensis (Blyth, 1860)
  • indicus (Gray, 1843)
  • isonotus (Gray, 1868)
  • isonotus (Hodgson, 1842)
  • jubatus (Miller, 1906)
  • typicus (Lydekker, 1900)
  • zeylonensis (Blyth, 1851)

The Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus), also known as the Moupin pig, is a subspecies of wild boar native to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, western Thailand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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