Mammal

Wild boar

Sus scrofa

हिन्दी: जंगली सूअर

IUCN: Least Concern

Wild boar with a long snout and bristly dark coat walking on sand

Scientific name: Sus scrofa
Hindi name: जंगली सूअर
Family: Suidae, order Artiodactyla
Group: Mammal
Conservation status: Least Concern
Height: About 80 to 90 cm at the shoulder
Weight: About 100 kg or more
Young: Born after about four months

A tusked digger that ploughs the forest floor.

Spot it Dark, bristly coat, long snout with a flat nose disc; males have tusks curving out of the mouth.
Home Grassland, scrub and forest, often raiding farms at night.
Food web Eats roots, tubers, crops, fruit, insects, eggs and carrion; prey of tigers and leopards.
Why it matters Its rooting turns over soil and spreads seeds, and it feeds the big cats.

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