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Bearded Pig Sus barbatus (Müller, 1838)

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Names

Genus: Sus Linnaeus, 1758

Species: Sus barbatus (Müller, 1838)

Names in other languages: Dutch: Nanngoeihs, Baardvarken; French: Cochon barbu, Sanglier à barbe; German: Bärtige Schwein;

Italian: Cinghiale barbuto; Spanish: Cerdo barbudo; Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian): Babi jenggot; Bahasa Malay (Malaysian):

Babi berjanggut; Mandarin Chinese: Shān zhū.

The name translates to ‘bearded pig’ in all languages, a descriptor of the animal’s most iconic physical characteristic (expect Mandarin

Chinese, in which the name translates to ‘mountain pig’). Barbatus refers to the Latin word for a bearded jaw (gonial hair tufts). The

Sumatran subspecies of bearded pig, Sus barbatus oi, is called the Sumatran bearded pig, or previously, the Sunda or western bearded pig.

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