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Feral Hog
Sus scrofa
33.1425, -82.1245
Field Notes
Description:
Most feral hogs are domestic hogs which have escaped into the wild or have been released for hunting purposes and now are free-ranging. Their size and color vary greatly and depend upon their domestic breed and their nutrition during development. The number of generations they have lived in the wild also seems to influence their appearance. Descendants from stock whose ancestry has been in the wild for generations or even centuries tend to have the classic long snouts and lean appearance of the legendary "razorback" of southern folk culture. Feral hogs typically weigh 100 to 500+ pounds. Very large hogs (500+ pounds) are generally from domestic stock. Color varies from solid black, gray, grizzled black, brown, blond, white or red to spotted or belted.
Habitat:
In the southeastern United States, feral hogs spread into interior Georgia and the Carolinas and eventually became sporadically established in all southeastern states. These feral hogs were photographed on Beaver Dam Creek near Keysville (Burke County), GA.
Notes:
Feral hogs are also known as wild boar, wild hog, feral pig, feral hog, Old World swine, razorback, Eurasian wild boar, Russian wild boar. Feral hogs cause serious damage to native plants and crops. They generally travel in family groups normally comprised of two or more sows and their young. Adult boars are generally solitary, only joining a herd to breed.
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