North African boar
The barbary wild boar (Sus scrofa barbarus) is a smaller subspecies of wild boar native to North Africa including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[1][2][3] It is a prey animal for predators such as striped hyenas, African leopards and Barbary lions.
| Barbary wild boar | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. s. algira |
| Trinomial name | |
| Sus scrofa algira Loche, 1867 | |
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See also
References
- "Barbary Wild Boar". www.wild-about-you.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Barbary Wild Boar | Big Game Hunting Records - Safari Club International Online Record Book". www.scirecordbook.org. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: scrofa". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
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