Editing Wild boar (section)

=== Reconstructed range ===
The species originally occurred in [[North Africa]] and much of [[Eurasia]]; from the [[British Isles]] to [[Korea]] and the [[Sunda Islands]]. The northern limit of its range extended from southern [[Scandinavia]] to southern [[Siberia]] and [[Japan]]. Within this range, it was only absent in extremely dry deserts and [[Alpine climate|alpine]] zones. It was once found in North Africa along the [[Nile]] valley up to [[Khartoum]] and north of the [[Sahara]]. The species occurs on a few [[Ionian Islands|Ionian]] and [[Aegean Islands]], sometimes swimming between islands.<ref name= masseti2012>Masseti, M. (2012), ''Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands'', Walter de Gruyter, pp. 139–141, {{ISBN|3-11-025458-1}}</ref> The reconstructed northern boundary of the animal's Asian range ran from [[Lake Ladoga]] (at 60°N) through the area of [[Novgorod]] and [[Moscow]] into the southern [[Ural (region)|Urals]], where it reached 52°N. From there, the boundary passed [[Ishim, Tyumen Oblast|Ishim]] and farther east the [[Irtysh]] at 56°N. In the eastern [[Baraba steppe]] (near [[Novosibirsk]]) the boundary turned steep south, encircled the [[Altai Mountains]] and went again eastward including the [[Tannu-Ola Mountains]] and [[Lake Baikal]]. From here, the boundary went slightly north of the [[Amur River]] eastward to its lower reaches at the [[Sea of Okhotsk]]. On [[Sakhalin]], there are only [[fossil]] reports of wild boar. The southern boundaries in Europe and Asia were almost invariably identical to the seashores of these continents. It is absent in the dry regions of [[Mongolia]] from 44 to 46°N southward, in China westward of [[Sichuan]] and in India north of the [[Himalayas]]. It is absent in the higher elevations of the [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] and the [[Tian Shan]], though they do occur in the [[Tarim Basin]] and on the lower slopes of the Tian Shan.<ref name=heptner1988 />