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

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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

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Sus scrofa davidi|

* Wikidata: Q20908101
* Wikispecies: Sus scrofa davidi
* CoL: 5LCHM
* GBIF: 4262879
* iNaturalist: 564135
* ITIS: 898314
* MSW: 14200059

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