Wild Boar
Basic Information
Anatomy
The Wild Boar is a bulky, massively built creature with short and relatively thin legs. The animal possesses a very large head that takes up to a third of their entire body’s length, making them well suited to digging up the ground like a plow in search of food. This is further accentuated by their well-developed canine teeth, which protrude from the mouths of adult males. A Boar can run at a maximum speed of 25 mph and jump at heights above four feet.
Ecology and Habitats
The wild boar inhabits a diverse array of habitats from forests to deserts, even being found in mountainous regions across the world. In order to properly thrive in a given area, wild boars require three conditions: heavily brushed areas to provide them shelter from predators, water for drinking and bathing, and an absence of regular snowfall.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Wild boars are highly versatile omnivores, their diverse diet includes: Bark, Berries, Bird Eggs, Carrion, Earthworms, Fish, Frogs, Insects, Insectivores, Leaves, Lizards, Mollusks, Nuts, Rodents, Roots, Seeds, Shoots, Snakes, Tubers, twigs and pretty much anything else they can scrounge up.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Boars are typically social animals, living in female-dominated groups called sounders that consist of barren sows and mothers with young led by an old matriarch. Male boars leave their sounder at the age of 8-15 months, while females either remain with their mothers or establish new territories nearby. Subadult males may live in loosely knit groups, while adult and elderly males tend to be solitary outside of the breeding season.
Domestication
The Wild Boar is the ancestor to the common pig that humans farm as livestock
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Wild Boars have well-developed senses of smell and hearing. Their vision, however, is lacking color vision and are unable to recognize a standing human 33 feet and beyond away.
Lifespan
10-14 Years
Average Height
1'9"-4'1"
Average Weight
130-220 lbs
Average Length
3'-6'7"
Geographic Distribution
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