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Sus is a mammalian species from the family of doers pigs (Suidae). Arta The exact number is still controversial today are 10 different types, of which the wild boar and its domesticated form, the domestic pig, best known in this country.

Apart from the much smaller dwarf wild boar reach the animals this genus head fuselage lengths of 90 to 180 cm and a weight of 40 to 350 kilograms. They are equipped with a grey-brown or black, and wearing fur borstigen through its snout rüsselartige characterized.

The original distribution area covered Eurasia and North Africa, in particular in South-East Asia is a large, still not fully explored, species richness. Domestic pigs are now worldwide.

Morphologically the genus can be divided into three categories. On the one hand, this is the group without Gesichtswarzen and beard, to the wild boar, and the much smaller dwarf wild boar, the second in the wines Bartsch, a group that is a striking hairs on the trunk. The third group are the Pustelschweine, which are characterized by Gesichtswarzen,

The following are types (2005) distinguished:

* "Warzen and bartlose group"
O wild boar (Sus scrofa)
O dwarf wild boar (Sus salvanius)
* "Bartsch wines"
O bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
O Palawan-bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus)
* Pustelschweine
O Annamitisches Pustelschwein (Sus bucculentus)
O-Pustelschwein Visayas (Sus cebifrons)
O-Pustelschwein Sulawesi (Sus celebensis)
O Mindoro-Pustelschwein (Sus oliveri)
O Philippinisches Pustelschwein (Sus philippensis)
O Javanisches Pustelschwein (Sus Verrucosus)

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