Central Asian boar

Central Asian boar
Scientific classification
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

^ ^a ^b Wild Pig Specialist group. "LC - Eurasian Wild Pig". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ John, Paul (2019-09-28). "Reuben David's legacy crumbling into oblivion". The Times of India.
^ 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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[wpsg-1] Wild Pig Specialist group. "LC - Eurasian Wild Pig". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[:0-2] 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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