Pig

A pig is ony o the ainimals in the genus Sus, within the even-taed ungulate faimily Suidae. Pigs include the domestic pig an its auncestor, the common Eurasie wild boar (Sus scrofa), alang wi ither species; relatit craiturs ootside the genus include the peccary, the babirusa, an the warthog. Pigs, lik aw suids, are hamelt in the Eurasian an African continents. Juvenile pigs are kent as piglets.^[1] Pigs are heichly social an intelligent ainimals.^[2]

Pig Temporal range: Early Pleistocene tae recent
Bornean beardit pig at the Lunnon Zoo.
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Faimily:	Suidae
Subfaimily:	Suinae
Genus:	Sus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Wi aroond 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domestic pig is amang the maist populous muckle mammals in the warld.^[3][4] Pigs are omnivores an can consume a wide range o fuid.^[5] Biologically, pigs are verra seemilar tae humans, sicweys are frequently uised for human medical resairch.^[6]