Sus scrofa sennaarensis Fitzinger, 1858

Sennar pig, Egyptian wild boar

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Sus sennaarensis Fitzinger, 1858; Sus scrofa sennaarensis Gray, 1868; Sus scrofa sennaariensis Fitzinger, 1860

Probably represents an ancient introduction of the nominate subspecies (porter et al. 2016:524). Hence it is best considered as taxonomically invalid.

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Distribution

Egypt to N Sudan

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

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]

Lydekker, Richard. (1915). Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla. London: British Museum. [p. 315]

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.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sHFRa6uk1UoC&pg=PA1137&lpg=PA1137&dq=Sus+sennaarensis&source=bl&ots=bYCiSHly0i&sig=MgbAoelBd0wGcSqLhAiy2GbbRpw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic_8G1hO_SAhVHzLwKHbsxChIQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=Sus%20sennaarensis&f=false

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA524&lpg=PA524&dq=Sus+sennaarensis&source=bl&ots=8_9ZLsCnz2&sig=CslIE2vA4ed_zFcM8pLY_PhNCmE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP2aLNhu_SAhUDe7wKHTYOAEI4ChDoAQgbMAE#v=onepage&q=Sus%20sennaarensis&f=false

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