• Scientific Name : Sus scrofa cristatus
  • IUCN Status: Least concern
  • The wild boar, also known as the wild swine, common wild pig Eurasian wild pig or simply wild pig
  • The wild boar is a bulky massively built suid with short and relatively thin legs.
  • The trunk is short and robust, while the hind quarters are comparatively under developed.
  • Sexual dimorphism is very pronounced in the species with males being typically 5-10 % larger and 20-30 % heavier the females.
  • The canine teeth are also much more prominent in males and grow throughout life.
  • Boars are typically social animal living in female-dominated sounders consisting of barren sows and mothers with young led by and old matriarch.
  • Male boars leave their sounder at the age of 8-15 months, while females either remain with their mothers or establish new territories nearby.
  • Sub adult males may live in loosely knit groups, while adult and elderly.
  • It is a subspecies of wild boar native to India, Nepal, Myanmar, western Thailand and Sri Lanka