Feral Hog

Introduction

Range

Habitat

Food Sources

Behavior

Physical Description

Legal and management agendas

References

Written by Russell Fox

8 April 1999

Maintained by
Mark C. Wallace
c7wmc@ttacs.ttu.edu

Nomenclature

Common Name: feral hog, feral swine, feral pig, razorback, wild boar, wild hog

Scientific Name: Sus Scrofa

Genetic Background:

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Feral hog of domestic origin with 38 chromosome

 

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European wild hog of wild origin with 36 chromosomes

 

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Feral hog can have 37 chromosomes and be reproductively successful