Species profile—Sus scrofa (pig)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Suidae (Pig) → Sus scrofa (pig)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Suidae (Pig)
- Scientific name
- Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- pig
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1080
- Alternate name(s)
- feral pig
domestic pig - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1080
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
