I looked them up on google and found this:
Scuentific Name is: Sus Scrofa Linnaeus
Common Names are:
Wild Boar
Wild Hog
Feral Hog
razorback
Eurasian Wild Boar
Russuan Wild boar.
Correct me Wayne if this is wrong
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Hi Oma, and Hazel,
Actually, Sus Scrofa Linnaeus is the scientific name for members of the suidae family, which is the old world swine, (the source of all moderrn swine, I believe), and the names you have listed are commonly used for the European swine, and their various descendents.
The scientific name for the javelina of North America, is peccary angulatus.
Actually, peccaries are distantly related to swine, but are members of a different family. While all wild and domestic swine are members of the suidae family, peccaries are members of the tayassuidae family. There is much more difference between a peccary and a swine, for example, than there is between a human and an ape. Here is a site which offers more information on North American peccaries, if you are interested in reading more about them:
http://www.desertusa.com/magnov97/nov_p ... lpecc.html
The scent gland on a peccary's rump is so strong, that back in my younger days, when I used to hunt a lot, I often hunted them as much by scent, as by sight, especially in the heavy brush of South Texas. Members of the suidae family, of course, do not have that scent gland.
Love,
Wayne
Actually, Sus Scrofa Linnaeus is the scientific name for members of the suidae family, which is the old world swine, (the source of all moderrn swine, I believe), and the names you have listed are commonly used for the European swine, and their various descendents.
The scientific name for the javelina of North America, is peccary angulatus.
Actually, peccaries are distantly related to swine, but are members of a different family. While all wild and domestic swine are members of the suidae family, peccaries are members of the tayassuidae family. There is much more difference between a peccary and a swine, for example, than there is between a human and an ape. Here is a site which offers more information on North American peccaries, if you are interested in reading more about them:
http://www.desertusa.com/magnov97/nov_p ... lpecc.html
The scent gland on a peccary's rump is so strong, that back in my younger days, when I used to hunt a lot, I often hunted them as much by scent, as by sight, especially in the heavy brush of South Texas. Members of the suidae family, of course, do not have that scent gland.
Love,
Wayne
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