Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
The wild boar is one of the most widespread large mammals and the ancestor of domestic pigs. Equipped with sharp tusks and remarkable intelligence, boars are tenacious fighters that can be extremely dangerous when cornered.
- Mass (typical / record)
- 170 kg
- Top speed
- 48 km/h
- Body length
- 2.0 m
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Habitats
- forest, grassland, scrubland
IUCN: LC (Least Concern)
The boar hunt was the defining test of courage in medieval European nobility. In Norse mythology, the boar Gullinbursti pulled the chariot of the god Freyr. Ancestor of all domestic pigs.