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Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
6.4272, 81.3082
Field Notes
Description:
Not as pink and plump as the pigs in piggeries; rather scruffy looking at that! Coarse bristly skin. Spindly legs.
Habitat:
Water hole at Yala National Park. Seeing the family group was a great experience.
Notes:
The wild boar is one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world.16 subspecies are recognised, which are divided into four regional groupings.
This is most likely S. scrofa cristatus
Reference Links:
Wild boar - Wikipedia
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PublishedMarch 16, 2017
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