Domestic Pig
Sus scrofa domesticus
Where is it found?
|
|
Farmland across the globe
Diet and foraging method
|
Pigs graze on vegetation and churn up the soil to find tubers and invertebrates.
|
Key adaptations
Cloven feet to help spread their weight on the ground
Social organisation and mating system
Live in small groups
Polygynous
Did you know that...?
Domestic pigs are intelligent and can be trained to perform tasks and tricks. As pigs have a well developed sense of smell, they can be trained to locate underground truffles - an expensive gourmet fungi - for humans to eat.
Taxonomy
Picture credits:
Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Sow and five piglets". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sow_and_five_piglets.jpg#/media/File:Sow_and_five_piglets.jpg
"Sus scrofa scrofa" by Joshua Lutz - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sus_scrofa_scrofa.jpg#/media/File:Sus_scrofa_scrofa.jpg
"Sow and five piglets". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sow_and_five_piglets.jpg#/media/File:Sow_and_five_piglets.jpg
"Sus scrofa scrofa" by Joshua Lutz - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sus_scrofa_scrofa.jpg#/media/File:Sus_scrofa_scrofa.jpg
