Wild Boar

Scientific name: Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (ITIS)

Common name: Wild boar, wild hog, feral pig, feral hog, Old World swine, razorback, Eurasian wild boar, Russian wild boar

Selected Resources

Native To: Eurasia (Rouhe and Sytsma 2007)

Means of Introduction: Imported as a food source and escaped from domestication or were intentionally released (Rouhe and Sytsma 2007)

Impact: Damages native plants and crops and competes with native species (Rouhe and Sytsma 2007)

Date of U.S. Introduction: 1500s (Rouhe and Sytsma 2007)

Current U.S. Distribution:

• National Feral Swine Mapping System (NFSMS)
  University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study; USDA. APHIS. PPQ. Veterinary Services.
  Map is updated on a monthly basis using date collected from state wildlife agencies and USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services.

Images:

• Invasive.org - Wild Boar
  University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
• Google Images - Wild Boar
  Google.

Videos:

• YouTube - MSSTATEwfaTV Videos
  Google. YouTube; Mississippi State University. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture - Extension.
  Contains multiple videos for feral swine.
  
  
• Feral Hog Videos
  eXtension.
  

Selected Resources:

• Council or Task Force
• Partnership
• Federal Government
• International Government
• State Government
• Academic
• Professional

Council or Task Force

Priority Species: Feral Swine
Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Fact Sheet: Feral Pig (Apr 2016; PDF | 860 KB)
Alberta Invasive Species Council (Canada).
See also: Fact Sheets for more information about individual invasive species, including those listed as "Prohibited Noxious" and "Noxious" under the Alberta Weed Control Act

Partnership

Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage: Wild Pigs
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management.

New York Invasive Species Information - Feral Swine
New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse.

Texas Invasives Database - Sus scrofa
TexasInvasives.org.

Invasive Species Compendium - Sus scrofa
CAB International.

Global Invasive Species Database - Sus scrofa (mammal)
IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.

Federal Government

Feral Swine
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory - Sus scrofa
Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.

International Government

Feral Animals in Australia - Feral Pigs
Australian Government. Department of the Environment and Energy.

PestSmart Connect - Feral Pig
Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (Australia).

Invasive Animals: Restricted Invasive Animals - Feral Pig
Queensland Business and Industry Portal (Australia).

State Government

Wild Pigs in Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Feral Swine
Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Field Guide: Invasive - Feral Hog
Missouri Department of Conservation.

Nuisance & Invasive Species - Eurasian Boar
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Feral Swine in Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Invasive Species - Feral Swine
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Feral Hogs
Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Feral Pig Control
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Academic

Feral Hogs
eXtension.
Note: Multistate collaboration with a variety of feral hog resources

Animal Diversity Web - Sus scrofa
University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology.

Wild Pig Info
Mississippi State University. Extension Service.

Feral Hogs in Missouri: Damage Prevention and Control
University of Missouri. Extension.

Feral Swine in Ohio: Managing Damage and Conflicts
Ohio State University Extension.

Coping with Feral Hogs
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

Professional

The Feral Hog in Oklahoma, 2nd Edition (2010)
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
Publication NF-WF-10-01

Citations

Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Sus scrofa. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].

Rouhe, A., and M. Sytsma. 2007. Feral Swine Action Plan for Oregon (PDF | 1.43 MB). Prepared for the Oregon Invasive Species Council by the Portland State University Center for Lakes and Reservoirs.