The Maremman boar (Sus scrofa majori) is a subspecies of wild boar native to Maremma in Central Italy. It is much smaller than the Central European boar and the two subspecies have been interbred on farms.

Maremman boar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. s. majori
Trinomial name
Sus scrofa majori
de Beaux and Festa [it], 1927 [1]

Genetic studies (Larson et al. 2005) have confirmed that this taxon is a separate lineage from all other European wild boars.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Beaux, O.; Festa, E. (1927). "La ricomparsa del cinghiale nell'Italio settentrionale-occidentale". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. III: 263–322.
  2. ^ Gippoliti, Spartaco (September 2006). "Oscar De Beaux: a noteworthy Italian mammalogist and conservationist". Italian Journal of Zoology. 73 (3): 285–289. doi:10.1080/11250000600821361.