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List of pigs
List of pigs, This is an alphabetically ordered list of pigs. (See also domestication; hog; livestock farming; peccary; suid.)
wild pig species
- babirusa (Babirousa babyrussa)
- bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus)
- red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus porcus)
- warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
- wild boar (Sus scrofa)
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.

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