Wild Boar

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The size of the Indian wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus):

Here is one interesting size comparison image of one of the great mammals from India, the famous wild boar. Check it out:

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There is no doubt about why old hunters used horses to hunt them, and there are reports of dead horses disemboweled by these boars. These animals are large, not "giants", but big enough. Please, take in count that the shoulder height of the animals in the image is not exactly the same than that in the numbers, this because they are in movement, so the standing height should match with the data. Also, the largest boar looks huge, but in fact, you most remember that this is caused by its crest of hair, while in fact its shoulder height is about 1 meter (which is still very impressive, for this animals).

The heaviest male that I found in India was one male of 165 kg hunted in Central India (Brander, 1923), however recently Dr Seidensticker (1996) reported large boars of up to 230 kg been killed by tigers in Nepal. A tiger most be very strong and smart to kill these big animals.


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