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'''Pigs''' are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] odd-toed [[ungulate]]s originally native to Europe. Pigs have long snouts with flattened ends, curly tails, and are typically pink in color. Feral pigs, however, rapidly revert to the dark and bristly form of the [[wild boar]], from which domestic pigs are derived.
{{Taxonomy|image = Pig.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = [[Chordata]]|subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]|class = [[Mammalia]]|order = [[Artiodactyla]]|suborder = Suina |family = Suidae|genus = Sus|species = barbatus (Bearded Pig)<br>Sus bucculentus (Vietnamese Warty Pig)<br>Sus cebifrons (Visayan Warty Pig)<br>Sus celebensis (Celebes Warty Pig)<br>Sus domestica (Domestic pig)<br>Sus heureni (Flores Warty Pig)<br>Sus salvanius (Pigmy Hog|)<br>Sus scrofa (Wild Boar|)<br>Sus timoriensis (Timor Warty Pig)<br>Sus verrucosus (Javan pig) }}
'''Pigs''' are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] odd-toed [[ungulate]]s originally native to Eurasia. Pigs have long snouts with flattened ends, curly tails, and are typically pink in color. Feral pigs, however, rapidly revert to the dark and bristly form of the [[wild boar]], from which domestic pigs are derived.
2007 is the [[China|Chinese]] year of the Pig.
2007 is the [[China|Chinese]] year of the Pig.
Male pigs are called boars, female pigs are called sows, and baby pigs are called piglets.
Male pigs are called boars, female pigs are called sows, and baby pigs are called piglets.
Pigs are surprisingly intelligent, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for [[truffle]]s. The [[Vietnam]]ese pot-bellied pig is a small house-trained variety, which is kept indoors so that [[mosquito]]s bite it in preference to the human residents.
Pigs are surprisingly intelligent, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for [[truffle]]s.
[[Bacon]], [[pork]], often in the form of the [[sausage]] and ham come from pigs. [[Pigs' trotters]] are a delicacy in northern England, dried [[pigs' ears]] are readily available as a treat for [[dog]]s, and the fat of the pig is [[lard]], the skin is often either deep fried or baked and sold as [[pork scratchings]] in UK [[pubs]]. It is said that everything of the pig can be eaten, with the exception of the oink.
[[Bacon]], [[pork]], often in the form of the [[sausage]] and ham come from pigs. [[Pigs' trotters]] are a delicacy in northern England, dried [[pigs' ears]] are readily available as a treat for [[dog]]s, and the fat of the pig is [[lard]], the skin is often either deep fried or baked and sold as [[pork scratchings]] in UK [[pubs]]. It is said that everything of the pig can be eaten, with the exception of the oink.