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.

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