Sus scrofa

Summary

Sus scrofa is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.073% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,771 views/month, #142 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sus scrofa's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Sus scrofa is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Sus scrofa's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Sus scrofa is classified within Sus^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Sus scrofa is Sus scrofa^[7].
• Sus scrofa is a type of Sus^[8].
• Sus scrofa's Commons category is recorded as Sus scrofa^[9].
• Sus scrofa's Unicode character is recorded as 🐗^[10].
• Sus scrofa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wild boars^[11].
• Sus scrofa's Commons gallery is recorded as Sus scrofa^[12].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as rhizome^[13].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as root^[14].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as tuber^[15].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as bulb^[16].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as nut^[17].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as berry^[18].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as seed^[19].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as leaf^[20].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as bark^[21].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as twig^[22].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as shoot^[23].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as waste^[24].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as Lumbricus terrestris^[25].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as insect^[26].
• Sus scrofa's main food source is recorded as Mollusca^[27].

Body

Classification

Sus scrofa's scientific name is Sus scrofa^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Sus^[6].

Identifiers

Sus scrofa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9823^[28]. Sus scrofa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328663^[29]. Sus scrofa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7705930^[30]. Sus scrofa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180722^[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Sus scrofa include Kaprosuchus^[32], a fossil taxon^[33].

Why It Matters

Sus scrofa ranks in the top 0.073% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,771 views/month, #142 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Kaprosuchus^[32], a fossil taxon^[33].