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==Species== {{listen |filename=Mudchute pig 2.ogg |title=Pig 'oink' |description=Oink! }} [[File:Pig hand skeleton.jpg|thumb|Skeleton of foot]] The genus ''Sus'' is currently thought to contain nine living species. Several [[Extinction|extinct]] species ([[extinction|β ]]) are known from [[fossil]]s. === Extant species === {{Species table |genus=Sus |authority-name= [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]|authority-year= [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |species-count=nine|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}} {{Species table/row |name= Palawan bearded pig|binomial=[[Sus ahoenobarbus]] |image=File:Coron - Calauit Wild Pig.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Huet|authority-year= 1888|authority-not-original= |range= Philippines |range-image=File:Range Sus ahoenobarbus.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= NT |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= Bornean bearded pig|binomial=[[Sus barbatus]] |image=File:Bartschwein Sus barbatus Tierpark Hellabrunn-6.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=MΓΌller |authority-year= 1838|authority-not-original= |range= Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula |range-image=File:Range Sus barbatus.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on |''S. b. barbatus'' (the [[nominate subspecies]]) |''S. b. oi'' (western bearded pig) }} }} {{Species table/row |name= Visayan warty pig|binomial=[[Sus cebifrons]] |image=File:Visayas-Pustelschwein Sus cebifrons negrinus Tierpark Hellabrunn-1.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Heude |authority-year= 1888|authority-not-original= |range= Philippines (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) |range-image=File:Sus cebifrons range map.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= CR |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on |[[Cebu warty pig]] (''Sus cebifrons cebifrons'') (believed to be extinct) |Negros warty pig (''Sus cebifrons negrinus''). }} }} {{Species table/row |name= Celebes warty pig or Sulawesi warty pig|binomial=[[Sus celebensis]] |image= |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=MΓΌller & Schlegel |authority-year= 1843|authority-not-original= |range= Sulawesi in Indonesia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on |''Sus celebensis celebensis'' |''[[Sus celebensis floresianus]]'' |''[[Sus celebensis timoriensis]]'' }} }} {{Species table/row |name= Domestic pig|binomial=[[Sus domesticus]] (sometimes considered subspecies of ''S. scrofa'') |image=File:Standing piglet at golden hour in Don Det Laos.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Erxleben |authority-year= 1777|authority-not-original= |range= Domesticated |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat='' |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig|binomial=[[Sus oliveri]] |image= |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Groves |authority-year= 1997|authority-not-original= |range= Philippines |range-image=File:Range Sus oliveri.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= Philippine warty pig|binomial=[[Sus philippensis]] |image=File:Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) in Philippine Eagle Center, Davao, Philippines.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Nehring|authority-year= 1886|authority-not-original= |range= Philippines |range-image=File:Range Sus philippensis.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on | ''S. p. philippensis'' (from [[Luzon]] and nearby islands) | ''S. p. mindanensis'' (from [[Samar]], [[Leyte]], and other islands near [[Mindanao]]) | ''S. p. oliveri'' (from [[Mindoro]]) }} }} {{Species table/row |name= Wild boar|binomial=[[Sus scrofa]] |image=File:Sus scrofa cristatus.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] |authority-year= [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]|authority-not-original= |range= North Africa and much of Eurasia; from the British Isles to Korea and the Sunda Islands. |range-image=File:Sus scrofa range map.jpg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Fifteen subspecies |bullets=on |''S. s. scrofa'' |''S. s. algira'' |''S. s. attila'' |''S. s. cristatus'' |''S. s. davidi'' |''S. s. leucomystax'' |''S. s. libycus'' |''S. s. majori'' |''S. s. meridionalis'' |''S. s. moupinensis'' |''S. s. nigripes'' |''S. s. riukiuanus'' |''S. s. sibiricus'' |''S. s. taivanus'' |''S. s. ussuricus'' |''S. s. vittatus'' }} }} {{Species table/row |name= Javan warty pig|binomial=[[Sus verrucosus]] |image=File:Sus verrucosus in PCBA.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Boie |authority-year= 1832|authority-not-original= |range= Indonesia |range-image=File:Sus verrucosus range map.jpg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= EN |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}} * The [[pygmy hog]], formerly ''Sus salvanius'', is now placed in the [[monotypic]] genus ''[[Porcula]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Funk |first1=Stephan M. |last2=Verma |first2=Sunil Kumar |last3=Larson |first3=Greger |last4=Prasad |first4=Kasturi |last5=Singh |first5=Lalji |last6=Narayan |first6=Goutam |last7=Fa |first7=Julia E. |title=The pygmy hog is a unique genus: 19th century taxonomists got it right first time round |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |date=November 2007 |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=427β436 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.007 |pmid=17905601 |bibcode=2007MolPE..45..427F }}</ref> * The [[Red river hog]], formerly ''Sus porcus'', is now placed in the genus ''[[Potamochoerus]]''. === Fossil species === * [[extinction|β ]]''[[Sus australis]]'' <small>Han, 1987</small> β Early Pleistocene of China * β ''[[Sus bijiashanensis]]'' <small>Han ''et al.'', 1975</small> β Early Pleistocene of China * β ''[[Sus falconeri]]'' β Pleistocene of the Siwalik region, India *β ''[[Sus houi]]'' <small>Qi ''et al.'', 1999</small> β Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus hysudricus]]'' <small>Falconer and Cautley 1847</small> β Pliocene of India *β ''[[Sus jiaoshanensis]]'' <small>Zhao, 1980</small> β Early Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus liuchengensis]]'' <small>Han, 1987</small> β Early Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus lydekkeri]]'' <small>[[Otto Zdansky|Zdansky]], 1928</small> β Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus officinalis]]'' <small>Koenigswald, 1933</small> β Middle Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus peii]]'' <small>Han, 1987</small> β Early Pleistocene of China *β ''[[Sus subtriquetra]]'' <small>Xue, 1981</small> *β ''[[Sus strozzi]]'' <small>Forsyth Major, 1881</small>{{Snd}}Pliocene and Early Pleistocene of Europe *β ''[[Sus xiaozhu]]'' <small>Han ''et al.'', 1975</small> β Early Pleistocene of China
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