The
European wild boar
(Sus
scrofa) |
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Family:
old world pigs
Habitation:
Europe, Central-, South- and East Asia (including Indonesia)
Appearance: o
from grey to black-brown bristled coat, that is thick and has the
undercoat (northern species), o
comb-like crest above the cervix and on the back,
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male has long lower fangs in the form of sabre, curved backwards,
the upper fangs
are shorter, triangular, bent up; female has
weaker teeth than the male
Lifestyle: o
mainly at dusk and nocturnal activity, adapt various places, o
adult boars are |
| solitary and join groups of sows with infants only
in - mating time and hold sturdy fights with the rivals |
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omnivores, that adapt themselves to food that they
have in disposition
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principal form of domestic
pig
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the oldest boars in zoo
are about 20 years old
Reproduction: o
mating time:
from November to January
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after 114 - 140 days of
pregnancy,
birth will be
given to 5-6 striped babies
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