Species
The genus Sus is currently considered to have 10 living species and a number of extinct species known as fossila:
- Sus ahoenobarbus - Palawan bearded pig
- †Sus australis - Early Pleistocene of China
- Sus barbatus - Bearded pig
- †Sus bijiashanensis - Early Pleistocene of China
- Sus bucculentus - Heude's Pig or Indo-Chinese (or Vietnam) warty pig
- Sus cebifrons - Visayan warty pig
- Sus celebensis - Celebes warty pig or Sulawesi warty pig
- †Sus falconeri - Pleistocene of the Siwalik region, India
- †Sus houi - Pleistocene of China
- †Sus hysudricus
- †Sus jiaoshanensis - Early Pleistocene of China
- †Sus liuchengensis - Early Pleistocene of China
- †Sus lydekkeri - Pleistocene of China
- †Sus offecinalis - China
- Sus oliveri - Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig
- †Sus peii - Early Pleistocene of China
- Sus philippensis - Philippine warty pig
- Sus scrofa - Wild Boar
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- Sus scrofa domestica - Domestic pig (sometimes treated as a full species)
- †Sus subtriquetra
- †Sus strozzi
- Sus verrucosus - Java warty pig
- †Sus xiaozhu - Early Pleistocene of China
The pygmy hog, formerly Sus salvanius is now placed in the monotypic genus Porcula.
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