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The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is a large Eurasian ungulate featured in the Eurasia Animal Pack DLC for Planet Zoo.

Zoopedia Description[]

General[]

Population In Wild: Unknown

The wild boar (or Sus scrofa), also known as the Eurasian wild pig, is a pig native throughout the temperate regions of Eurasia, as well as Mediterranean Northern Africa, Asian deserts and shrublands, and tropical rainforests and grasslands of Southeast Asia. It has also been introduced to North and South America and Oceania. Due to its wide distribution and adaptability, there are 16 recognised subspecies of the wild boar, varying greatly in appearance. The largest wild boars live in Central and Eastern Europe. Their coat is made up of dark brown, coarse bristles, which form into a mane on the male’s neck. Wild boars have a large head which reaches up to a third of their body length, and, together with their powerful neck muscles, makes them adept at digging even into frozen ground. The species is sexually dimorphic, with males being larger and heavier than females. Males can reach a size of 85cm to 100cm tall at the shoulder and 1.45m to 1.75m long, and a weight of 75kg to 130kg. Females grow to be 75cm to 90cm tall at the shoulder, 1.3m to 1.57m in length, and weigh between 60kg and 90kg.

Wild boars are extremely widespread and populous, and therefore listed as a species of Least Concern. Due to overhunting, they had become extinct in Great Britain in the High Middle Ages, but small breeding populations were reintroduced to Southern England in the 1980s. They have also been introduced to North America for hunting purposes, and escapees of these groups have established invasive populations of feral wild boar and domestic pig hybrids. In South America, wild boars were imported for breeding purposes, with intentional releases and escapes resulting in invasive populations being established in Brazil. In its native range, the wild boar is hunted for meat and represent a keystone of their habitat’s ecosystems. However, in the Americas, measures are in place to manage the invasive populations to protect native wildlife.

Social[]

Female wild boars live in sounders led by an old matriarch, consisting of non-breeding females and mothers with their offspring. Adult males are solitary for most of the year, joining sounders only during the breeding season. Young and sub adult males live in bachelor groups.

Reproduction[]

The breeding season in wild boars lasts from November to January. During this time, males develop subcutaneous padding to protect their organs during fights with rivals. A male who has located a sounder of females will chase off young and infertile sows and herd any female in oestrus. Any rival male interfering with this chase is fought aggressively. If he is successful with herding the group, he mates with any fertile female, typically 5 to 10 per breeding season, and then leaves the sounder again.

Sows are pregnant for 108 to 120 days. Towards the end of the pregnancy, a sow constructs a nest made of grass, into which she gives birth to a litter of 4 to 6 piglets on average, although litters of up to 12 have been recorded. She remains in the nest for 10 days, allowing her offspring to suckle. After this period, they leave the nest together, with the piglets remaining close to their mother in the sounder. Male piglets leave the sounder between 8 and 15 months old and form bachelor groups with other young males, while female piglets either remain with their natal sounder, or split off to establish a new group elsewhere.

Wild boars reach sexual maturity at 1 year old, though females are unlikely to reproduce until they are at least 18 months old, and males may only successfully reproduce until they are at least 4 years old and strong enough to chase and defend a sounder from other males. Both female and male wild boards keep growing until they are 5 to 6 years old.

Animal Care[]

PREFERRED OBJECTS

Hay · Fruit, Leaves and Shoots · Root Vegetables

FEEDING STATIONS
Food Trough · Water Bowl · Water Pipe · Water Trough

FOOD ENRICHMENT
Large Barrel Feeder · Forage Box Enrichment · Fruit Spike Tree · Melon Feeder · Veggie Jelly Cake

HABITAT ENRICHMENT
Cardboard Box · Gift Box · Sprinkler · Wind Chimes · Herb scent marker · Rubbing Pillar · Mud Bath · Scots Pine/Tamarind Scratching Tree

COMPATIBLE ANIMALS

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Trivia[]

Zoopedia Fun Facts[]

  • If a wild boar mother dies before her piglets are mature, her offspring is adopted by other sows of her sounder.
  • Wild boars can smell edible roots and tubers buried in 10in of soil.
  • Wild boar hair used to be used for toothbrush bristles.
  • The wild boar’s main predator is the timber wolf.
  • The wild boar has poor eyesight but compensates with its excellent sense of smell and hearing.

Gallery[]

ANIMAL NAVIGATION
STANDARD: HABITAT
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ANNIVERSARY UPDATES
African LeopardBlack-and-White Ruffed LemurCollared PeccaryRed Deer
STANDARD: EXHIBIT
Amazonian Giant CentipedeBoa ConstrictorBrazilian Salmon Pink TarantulaBrazilian Wandering SpiderCommon Death AdderEastern Brown SnakeGiant Burrowing CockroachGiant Desert Hairy ScorpionGiant Forest ScorpionGiant Tiger Land SnailGila MonsterGolden Poison FrogGoliath BeetleGoliath BirdeaterGoliath FrogGreen IguanaLehmann's Poison FrogLesser Antillean IguanaMexican Red Knee TarantulaPuff AdderTitan BeetleWestern Diamondback RattlesnakeYellow Anaconda
DELUXE EDITION
Komodo DragonPygmy HippoThomson's Gazelle
ARCTIC PACK
Arctic WolfDall SheepPolar BearReindeer
SOUTH AMERICA PACK
Colombian White-Faced Capuchin MonkeyGiant AnteaterJaguarLlamaRed-Eyed Tree Frog
AUSTRALIA PACK
DingoKoalaRed KangarooSouthern CassowaryEastern Blue Tongued Lizard
AQUATIC PACK
Cuvier's Dwarf CaimanGiant OtterGrey SealKing PenguinDiamondback Terrapin
SOUTHEAST ASIA ANIMAL PACK
BinturongClouded LeopardDholeMalayan TapirNorth Sulawesi BabirusaProboscis MonkeySun BearGiant Malaysian Leaf Insect
AFRICA PACK
African PenguinFennec FoxMeerkatSouthern White RhinocerosSacred Scarab Beetle
NORTH AMERICA ANIMAL PACK
American AlligatorArctic FoxBlack-Tailed Prairie DogCalifornia Sea LionCougarMooseNorth American BeaverAmerican Bullfrog
EUROPE PACK
Alpine IbexEurasian LynxEuropean BadgerEuropean Fallow DeerFire Salamander
WETLANDS ANIMAL PACK
Asian Small-Clawed OtterCapybaraNile LechwePlatypusRed-Crowned CraneSpectacled CaimanWild Water BuffaloDanube Crested Newt
CONSERVATION PACK
Amur LeopardAxolotlPrzewalski's HorseScimitar-Horned OryxSiamang
TWILIGHT PACK
Common WombatEgyptian Fruit BatRaccoonRed FoxStriped Skunk
GRASSLANDS ANIMAL PACK
Blue WildebeestCaracalCloudless SulphurEmuEuropean PeacockManed WolfMenelaus Blue MorphoMonarchNine-Banded ArmadilloOld World SwallowtailRed-Necked WallabyStriped Hyena
TROPICAL PACK
Asian Water MonitorBrown-throated SlothFossaLar GibbonRed River Hog
ARID ANIMAL PACK
AddaxAfrican Crested PorcupineBlack RhinocerosDama GazelleDesert Horned ViperDromedary CamelSand CatSomali Wild Ass
OCEANIA PACK
Little PenguinNorth Island Brown KiwiQuokkaSpectacled Flying FoxTasmanian Devil
EURASIA ANIMAL PACK
Hermann's TortoiseMute SwanSaigaSloth BearTakinWild BoarWisentWolverine
BARNYARD ANIMAL PACK
AlpacaAlpine GoatAmerican Standard DonkeyHighland CattleHill Radnor SheepSussex ChickenTamworth Pig
ZOOKEEPERS ANIMAL PACK
African Spurred TortoiseCoquerel's SifakaHamadryas BaboonKirk's Dik-DikMarkhorPallas's CatSpectacled Bear
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