| Sus strozzi | |
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| A cast of a Sus strozzi skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | †S. strozzi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sus strozzi Forsyth Major, 1881 | |
Strozzi's Pig (Sus strozzi) is an extinct species of suid native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. It was more primitive than the modern boar, and was eventually displaced by the latter when it entered Europe during the start of the Pleistocene, 1 Mya. It was widespread across Eurasia during the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene. It was possibly adapted to a swamp environment, and is probably ancestral to the Javan warty pig, which is itself facing extinction. It is thought that the genus originated in Southeast Asia.
Description[]
Strozzi's pig was mostly larger than the wild boar, averaging 4 feet to 6 feet. It possibly was adapted to a swamp-like ecosystem.
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