Wild boar
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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A wild boar has a powerful neck and can push up rocks and fallen trees.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Wild boar
- Scientific name
- Sus scrofa
- Japanese name
- イノシシ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Suidae
- Genus
- Sus
It lives on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan, and is also widespread across Europe and Asia.
It sniffs around the ground with its sensitive nose to find and eat plant roots, earthworms, insects and more.
How the Wild boar lives
They do much of their foraging from late evening into the night. Their diet changes with the season and location. During warm days, they cool off in shade and by wallowing in water. Females often live in groups with their young.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Head and body length: 1.3–1.4 m井の頭自然文化園
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Grass, bulbs, fruit, seeds, and small animals such as insects and frogs井の頭自然文化園
- Range
- Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan井の頭自然文化園
Where the Wild boar has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イノシシ
- 简体中文
- 野猪
- 繁體中文
- 野豬
- 한국어
- 멧돼지
- Español
- Jabalí
- Français
- Sanglier
- Deutsch
- Wildschwein
- Português (Brasil)
- Javali
- Italiano
- Cinghiale comune
- हिन्दी
- जंगली सूअर
- العربية
- خنزير بري
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Babi hutan
- Tiếng Việt
- Lợn rừng
- Русский
- Кабан
- Türkçe
- Bayağı yaban domuzu
- ไทย
- หมูป่า
- বাংলা
- দেশি বুনো শুয়োর
- اردو
- جنگلی سور
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 井の頭自然文化園 — イノシシChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Sus scrofaChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Wild boar, look for this
- Look for the longer bristly hair that may grow along the middle of its back.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebEXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Wild boar
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Kanto
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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