Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.785 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/79763466-FFD0-FF8A-C622-FA5DFC63F847 |
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Marcus |
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Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL
Figure 12
Records. First record was on May 5, 2013, camera trap 16 (25°03.37ʹ S, 049°58.43ʹ W) and subsequently in the monitoring sites (camera traps 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, see Fig. 1 for coordinates).
Identification. Sus scrofa is a swine native to Europe, Africa and Asia. Featuring great individual variations in body size and pelage color, it was introduced in the area under analysis. Although S. scrofa may be confused with P. tajacu , the species is usually larger.
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