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RE: Wild Boar - Styx38 - 09-26-2021
Here are some Wild Boar Weights in the Soviet Union, now parts of Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
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source: Baskin, Leonid, and Kjell Danell. Ecology of ungulates: a handbook of species in Eastern Europe and Northern and Central Asia. Springer Science & Business Media, 2003.
RE: Wild Boar - Styx38 - 05-07-2022
(06-25-2021, 06:40 AM)Styx38 Wrote: Feral Hog have a moderate average, though occasional specimens can surpass the 400 pound mark.
"Average boar and sow weights are about 130 pounds (59kg) and 110 pounds(50 kg), respectively, although the largest adults may weigh more than 400 pounds and be more than 3 feet tall and 5 feet long"
source: Mapston, Mark. "Feral hogs in Texas." Texas FARMER Collection (2007).
Here is the Feral Hog weight range.
"Mean (range) weight of adults and juveniles were 57 kg (34–159) and 15 kg (1– 34), respectively"
Campbell, Tyler A., et al. "Absence of Mycobacterium bovis in feral swine (Sus scrofa) from the southern Texas border region." Journal of wildlife diseases 47.4 (2011): 974-978.
RE: Wild Boar - Apex Titan - 06-22-2022
The WCS biologists weighed a large female Ussuri wild boar of 170 kg:
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https://twitter.com/jonathanslaght/status/1341381579504017418?lang=en-GB
RE: Wild Boar - Apex Titan - 10-03-2022
Ussuri wild boar:
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RE: Wild Boar - Hello - 02-02-2024
Wild boars are quite a menace and are annoying as they are notorious for uprooting edible tubers when people are asleep.