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Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine or Eurasian wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its distribution further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform. Its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN and it...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of All Cloven-Hoofed Quadrupeds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1621 · p.1080
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.107
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.510
History of the Northern Peoples
Olaus Magnus · 1555 · p.680
Theater of Earthly Creatures
Anonymous · 1672 · p.158
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1051
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.108
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.133
![Wild Boar in 本草綱目圖3卷. [3]](https://images.sourcelibrary.org/gallery/69e787e64a6785cfd60ce28f/69e787e64a6785cfd60ce2c3-1.jpg?v=1779927986160)
本草綱目圖3卷. [3]
Li Shizhen · 1596 · p.52
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.78
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 101)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.46
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.294
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42134.