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Latin name: Sus scrofa
Size: Length approximately 100 to 160cms
Distribution: Two populations in the Forest of Dean; one based on Ross on Wye,
and another in the area of Staunton in the SW of the forest. They have also spread over the River Wye into Wales with animals reported as far down as Tintern on the Welsh side.
Other breeding populations of wild boar can be found in Kent, Sussex
and Dorset.
Months seen: All year round
Food: Mostly nuts, berries, acorns, beech mast and root crops.
Habitat: Mainly found in deciduous woodland
Special features: Wild boar were once widespread in the UK, but by the
end of the 1600's (or possibly earlier) they had been hunted to extinction. A few colonies now exist
in southern England as a result of farm escapes.
Wild boar are quite different, in appearance to domestic pigs. They have a long
wiry coat of brown hair, with thick brown belly fur. The male has two upward
pointing canine tusks. The piglets have brown and cream stripes running along the length of their bodies, helping to camouflage them.
UK Safari Mammal Section
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