Anatolian boar
Subspecies of wild boar
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The Anatolian boar (Sus scrofa libycus) is a subspecies of wild boar endemic to Turkey, Levant, and Transcaucasia. It is likely to be one of the ancestors of today's domestic pigs.[1]
| Anatolian boar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. s. libycus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Sus scrofa libycus Gray, 1868 | |
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