🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Sus scrofa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Suidae
Genus
Sus
Species
Sus scrofa
Eurasian Wild Pig (Sus scrofa)📸 Photo

Photo: Valentin Panzirsch · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons Source

Mammalia🍂 Omnivore

Eurasian Wild Pig

Sus scrofa (Eurasian Wild Pig · イノシシ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)
DDData Deficient
LCLeast Concern
NTNear Threatened
VUVulnerable
ENEndangered
CRCritically End.
EWExtinct in Wild
EXExtinct
Geological Era
Extant
Diet
Omnivore
Length · Height
1.53~2.4m · 90cm
Mass · Top Speed
66~272kg · No data
Habitat & Fossil Locality
Grasslands, forests, croplands, shrublands, and wetlands, especially near water and dense brush

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

  • 💡 Animal Diversity Web notes crop damage as the biggest problem farmers face from wild pigs and adds that they can carry diseases transmissible to livestock.
  • 💡 Its maximum adult weight of 272 kg is about thirteen 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
  • 💡 Its maximum body length of 2.4 m is slightly more than half the length of a passenger car (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)
⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)58

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#멧돼지#Sus scrofa

📖 1. Overview

The Eurasian Wild Pig is a wild pig living on almost every continent except Antarctica, and domestic pigs belong to the same species.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its coat is thick and coarse, its snout is long and flat, and its upper canines often remain visible even when the mouth is closed. Piglets have stripes along their backs that fade within about 4 months.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It feeds mainly on grains, fruits, and roots, but also eats eggs, carrion, small animals, and insects. Females give birth to an average of 5–6 young per litter.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is a species distributed in Korea and listed as "Metdwaeji" (Korean name) on the National List of Species of Korea.

📚 Sources & References

Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.

🔗 Related & Comparable Species

DATA & LICENSE

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② Summaries: Wikipedia

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③ Measurements & IUCN Status

Length, mass, and speed are representative estimates from published literature. Conservation status follows IUCN Red List categories (iucnredlist.org).

④ Silhouettes & Scale Diagrams

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