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SUS SCROFA Linnaeus. 



1758. [Sus] scrofa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i, 10th ed., p. 49. 



1785. [Stis] setosus Boddaert, Elenchus Animalium, i, p. 157 (Substitute 



for scrofa). 

 1785. [Sus setosus] a aper Boddaert, Elenchus Animalium, i, p. 157 



(Special name for the wild boar). 

 1811. Sus europmus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat., i, p. 265 (Substitute for 



scrofa). 



1857. Sus scrofa Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 510. 



1882. [Sus scrofa] var. celtica Strobel, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., Milano, 



xxv, p. 79, June, 1882 (Renaming of true scrofa). 

 1910. Sus scrofa Trouessart, Paune, Mamm. d'Europe, p. 225. 



Type locality. — Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Southern and central Europe, 



Fig. 190. 

 Sus scrofa. X i. 



formerly west to Ireland and north to southern Norway and 

 Sweden J now restricted to that portion of the Continent lying 



