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Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,870, February 2,120, March 3,321, April 5,225, May 7,534, June 8,215, July 8,790, August 7,560, September 5,550, October 4,143, November 2,264, December 1,769.
United States70,826
Alaska59,361
Texas8,276
Italy2,784
Spain2,305
France2,055
Nord-Ovest1,570
California1,541
Russia1,291
Germany1,257

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilySuids · Suidae
GenusBoars and Warty Pigs · Sus

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Practise Wild Boar with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.