Sus scrofa libycus Gray, 1868

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Sus scrofa lybicus Gray, 1868

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Distribution

North Africa

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Groves, Colin. (1981). Ancestors for the Pigs: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Sus (Technical Bulletin No. 3, Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies). Canberra: Australian National University.

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]

Lydekker, Richard. (1915). Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla. London: British Museum. [p. 316]

Porter, Valerie, Alderson, G. L. H., Hall, S. J. G. and Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 volumes (6th edition). Boston, USA & Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. xiii + 1200 pp.

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