Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Suidae > Genus: Sus > Species: Sus scrofa > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Sus scrofa meridionalis Forsyth Major, 1882	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Wild boar - Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland rivers and lakes wetlands

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Cinghiale	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Derri i eger	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Diviak lesný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Divlja svinja	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Dzik	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jabalí	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Javali	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Metssiga	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Prase divoké	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sanglier	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Šernas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vaddisznó	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vildsvin	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vildsvin	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villisika	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villisvín	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Villsvin	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wëllt Schwaïn	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wild boar	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wild zwijn	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wildschwein	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Yaban domuzu	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Sus scrofa	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

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