Domestic pig | |
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Female (sou) breistfeedin piglet | |
Conservation status
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Domesticatit
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Suidae |
Genus: | Sus |
Species: | S. scrofa |
Subspecies: | S. s. domesticus |
Trinomial name | |
Sus scrofa domesticus Erxleben, 1777
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus), whiles cried swine or hog, is a muckle, even-taed ungulate; it is considered a subspecies o the wild boar or a distinct species.