Sus scrofa circeus Cucchi et al., 2021

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 11,000 to 9000 cal. BP (Cucchi et al., 2021)

Distribution

Cyprus

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Cucchi, Thomas et al. (2021). Bones geometric morphometrics illustrate 10th millennium cal. BP domestication of autochthonous Cypriot wild boar (Sus scrofa circeus nov. ssp). Scientifc Reports 11: 11435.

Other references:

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

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