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{{Taxonomy|image = Pig.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Suina  |family = Suidae|genus = Sus|species = S. barbatus (Bearded Pig)<br>S. bucculentus (Vietnamese Warty Pig)<br>S. cebifrons (Visayan Warty Pig)<br>S. celebensis (Celebes Warty Pig)<br>S. domestica (Domestic pig)<br>S. heureni (Flores Warty Pig)<br>S. salvanius (Pigmy Hog|)<br>S. scrofa (Wild Boar|)<br>S. timoriensis (Timor Warty Pig)<br>S. verrucosus (Javan pig) }}

{{Taxonomy|image = Pig.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Suina  |family = Suidae|genus = Sus|species = S. barbatus (Bearded Pig)<br>S. bucculentus (Vietnamese Warty Pig)<br>S. cebifrons (Visayan Warty Pig)<br>S. celebensis (Celebes Warty Pig)<br>S. domestica (Domestic pig)<br>S. heureni (Flores Warty Pig)<br>S. salvanius (Pigmy Hog|)<br>S. scrofa (Wild Boar|)<br>S. timoriensis (Timor Warty Pig)<br>S. verrucosus (Javan pig) }}

'''Pigs''' are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] [[odd-toed ungulates]] originally native to Eurasia.<ref>[http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ Breeds of Livestock - Swine]. Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 30 January 2008.</ref> Pigs have long snouts with flattened ends, curly tails, and are typically pink in color.  

'''Pigs''' are [[omnivorous]] [[odd-toed ungulates]] originally native to Eurasia.<ref>[http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ Breeds of Livestock - Swine]. Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 30 January 2008.</ref> 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. Feral swine in the Americas, thought to be descendant from those immigrated with the Spanish, exist in the southern United States. Estimates place the number of wild swine at as many as two million in this area.<ref>[http://texnat.tamu.edu/symposia/feral/feral-5.htm A National Perspective on Feral Swine]. Dale Rollins. Retrieved from the Texas Natural Resource Server 30 January 2008.</ref>

Feral pigs, however, rapidly revert to the dark and bristly form of the [[wild boar]] from which domestic pigs are derived. Feral swine in the Americas, thought to be descendant from those immigrated with the Spanish, exist in the southern United States. Estimates place the number of wild swine at as many as two million in this area.<ref>[http://texnat.tamu.edu/symposia/feral/feral-5.htm A National Perspective on Feral Swine]. Dale Rollins. Retrieved from the Texas Natural Resource Server 30 January 2008.</ref>

2007 is the [[China|Chinese]] year of the Pig.

2007 is the [[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.

Footballs are traditionally made from a pig's skin, and for the earliest ballgames, an inflated pig's [[bladder]] was used for a ball.  

Footballs are traditionally made from a pig's skin, and for the earliest ballgames, an inflated pig's [[bladder]] was used for a ball.  

== Religious Views ==

==Religious Views==

 

To those of the Jewish faith, rule of the Book of Leviticus, eating pigs or even handling their hide is an [[abomination]]. , "...the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of  their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7-11:8).

To those of the Jewish faith, rule of the Book of Leviticus, eating pigs or even handling their hide is an [[abomination]]. , "...the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of  their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7-11:8).

==Pigs In Literature==

==Pigs In Literature==

Pigs have often featued in works of fiction.  Two particular examples are [[Animal Farm]] by [[George Orwell]], and the [[Blandings Castle]] novels by [[P.G. Wodehouse]] where the Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning sow.  Another one is Piglet from the [[Winnie the Pooh]] stories.   

Pigs have often featured in works of fiction.  Two particular examples are [[Animal Farm]] by [[George Orwell]], and the [[Blandings Castle]] novels by [[P.G. Wodehouse]] where the Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning sow.  Another one is Piglet from the [[Winnie the Pooh]] stories.   

 

===References===

==References==

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