The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is an omnivorous mammal close to the pig, which is the ancestor, belonging to the family Suidae. It belongs to the taxon suiformes artiodactyls.

Features

Status: Common

Social Life: In group the first two years
Length: 90 to 180 cm

Tail: 30 cm

Height at withers: 55 to 110 cm

Weight: 50 to 350 kg

Sexual Maturity: 8 to 10 months

Breeding period: no specific time

Gestation period: 100 to 140 days

Range: 1 to 12 (usually 1 to 4)

Diet: acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, sprouts, roots, worms, larvae, fungi, rodents, carrion, (occasionally)

Longevity: 27 years
 

Reproduction:

The rutting season lasts from October to February. In violent clashes among males, major injuries can sometimes be caused. Gestation lasts 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (114 to 116 days), the sow gives birth in the pot (an excavation more or less arranged in the lower vegetation) from 2 to 12 piglets in the eyes open. The number of children is correlated to the initial weight of the female (40kg: two small, 60kg, four small), but in southern France populations of wild boars have been recreated and enhanced by hybrids of domestic pig with the aim of 'increasing prolificacy. Breastfeeding lasts 2 to 3 months, but young people are likely to follow in her mother travel from the end of their first week. Although able to meet their own needs at the age of 6 months, they remain in the family group or another two years.