The Maremman boar (Sus scrofa majori) is a subspecies of wild boar native to Maremma in Central Italy. It is much smaller than the Central European boar and the two subspecies have been interbred on farms.
Maremman boar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | Sus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. s. majori
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Trinomial name | |
Sus scrofa majori |
Genetic studies (Larson et al. 2005) have confirmed that this taxon is a separate lineage from all other European wild boars.[2]