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The earliest fossil finds of the species come from both Europe and Asia, and date back to the Early Pleistocene. MtDNA studies indicate that the wild boar originated from islands in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and the Philippines, and subsequently spread onto mainland Eurasia and North Africa. Skull of Sus strozzii ( Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze), a Pleistocene suid that was outcompeted by S. In hunting terminology, boars are given different designations according to their age: Designation The animals' specific name scrofa is Latin for 'sow'. The young may be called 'piglets' or boarlets. 'Sow', the traditional name for a female, again comes from Old English and Germanic it stems from Proto-Indo-European, and is related to the Latin: sus and Greek hus, and more closely to the New High German Sau. Boar is sometimes used specifically to refer to males, and may also be used to refer to male domesticated pigs, especially breeding males that have not been castrated. The English 'boar' stems from the Old English bar, which is thought to be derived from the West Germanic bairaz, of unknown origin.

6.5 Introduction and lack of control in South AmericaĪs true wild boars became extinct in Great Britain before the development of Modern English, the same terms are often used for both true wild boar and pigs, especially large or semi-wild ones.

Boars have also re- hybridized in recent decades with feral pigs these boar–pig hybrids have become a serious pest wild animal in the Americas and Australia. The wild boar has a long history of association with humans, having been the ancestor of most domestic pig breeds and a big-game animal for millennia. The grey wolf is the wild boar's main predator in most of its natural range except in the Far East and the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is replaced by the tiger and Komodo dragon respectively.

Fully grown males are usually solitary outside the breeding season. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young (both male and female). Īs of 1990, up to 16 subspecies are recognized, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length.

Wild boars probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene and outcompeted other suid species as they spread throughout the Old World. It has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. It has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability to a diversity of habitats.

The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. The wild boar ( Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.