Pig[note 11]
Pig, wild or domestic swine, a mammal of the Suidae family. In Britain, the term pig refers to all domestic swine; in the United States,
to younger swine not yet ready for market and weighing usually less
than 82 kg (180 pounds), others being called hogs. Pigs are
stout-bodied, short-legged, omnivorous mammals, with thick skins usually
sparsely coated with short bristles. Their hooves have two functional
and two nonfunctional digits. Domestic North American pigs originated
from wild stocks still found in European, Asian, and North African
forests.
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