North African boar

The Barbary wild boar (Sus scrofa barbarus) is a smaller subspecies of wild boar native to North Africa including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[1][2][3] It is a prey animal for past and present predators of the Atlas Mountains, such as striped hyenas, Atlas bears, African leopards and Barbary lions.

Barbary wild boar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
S. scrofa
Subspecies:
S. s. algira
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa algira
Loche, 1867
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • Sus scrofa barbarus (Sclater, 1860)
  • Sus scrofa sahariensis (Heim de Balzac, 1937)

See also

References
  1. "Barbary Wild Boar". www.wild-about-you.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. "Barbary Wild Boar | Big Game Hunting Records - Safari Club International Online Record Book". www.scirecordbook.org. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: scrofa". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-06.


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