Northern Chinese boar
| Northern Chinese boar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. s. moupinensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Sus scrofa moupinensis Milne-Edwards, 1871 | |
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The northern Chinese boar (Sus scrofa moupinensis) is a subspecies of wild boar native to China and Vietnam. The subspecies was described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1871.[1] It also occurs in Sichuan. It is likely to be the ancestor of domestic pigs in China.[2]
References
- ^ 1871.Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 7:93.(in French)
- ^ "Pig Domestication in Ancient China". September 12, 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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