Pig - Species

Species

The genus Sus is currently considered to have 10 living species and a number of extinct species known as fossila:

  • Sus ahoenobarbus - Palawan bearded pig
  • †Sus australis - Early Pleistocene of China
  • Sus barbatus - Bearded pig
  • †Sus bijiashanensis - Early Pleistocene of China
  • Sus bucculentus - Heude's Pig or Indo-Chinese (or Vietnam) warty pig
  • Sus cebifrons - Visayan warty pig
  • Sus celebensis - Celebes warty pig or Sulawesi warty pig
  • †Sus falconeri - Pleistocene of the Siwalik region, India
  • †Sus houi - Pleistocene of China
  • †Sus hysudricus
  • †Sus jiaoshanensis - Early Pleistocene of China
  • †Sus liuchengensis - Early Pleistocene of China
  • †Sus lydekkeri - Pleistocene of China
  • †Sus offecinalis - China
  • Sus oliveri - Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig
  • †Sus peii - Early Pleistocene of China
  • Sus philippensis - Philippine warty pig
  • Sus scrofa - Wild Boar
  • Sus scrofa domestica - Domestic pig (sometimes treated as a full species)
  • †Sus subtriquetra
  • †Sus strozzi
  • Sus verrucosus - Java warty pig
  • †Sus xiaozhu - Early Pleistocene of China

The pygmy hog, formerly Sus salvanius is now placed in the monotypic genus Porcula.

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