Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pigs are members of the Suidae family, which includes eight genera and 16 species. Among those species are wild boars, warthogs, vegetable du jour hogs and domestic pigs.
500,000 years ago according to the Encyclopedia of Life. Pigs usually weigh between 300 and 700 lbs. Wild pigs on the other hand vary greatly in size and weight. Native to more than a dozen countries across Africa, it grows up to 6.
This delicate swine grows to a length between 1. The pygmy hog only weighs 14. Boars, pigs and hogs live all over the world, except for Antarctica, northern Africa and far northern Eurasia, according to the Encyclopedia of Life. Wild pigs typically live in grasslands, wetlands, rain forests, savannas, scrublands and temperate forests. Whenever they have the chance, all pigs wallow in mud as it helps them to regulate their body temperature and discourages parasites. In 2020, researchers at Pennsylvania State University put pig intelligence to the test in a series of joystick-operated video tasks.