''Sus strozzi'' was a suid native to the

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region of

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. It was more ancient than the

boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...

, and was eventually displaced by the latter when it entered Europe during the start of the

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, 1 Mya.

Description

''Sus strozzi'' was larger than the modern day wild boar. A skeleton from a young specimen indicates an animal of , while incomplete remains from an adult indicate an animal with a head-and-body length of . One recently found fossil was a jawbone from a male, much larger than the jawbone of any modern day species of ''Sus''. It was possibly adapted to a swamp environment, and may have been ancestral to the modern Javan warty pig.Kurtén, Björn (1968). Pleistocene mammals of Europe. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 153-155

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Reconstruction at AmSturDam - Genealogie & Paleontologie
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7647453 strozzi Pleistocene Artiodactyla Prehistoric Suidae Prehistoric mammals of Europe Pliocene Artiodactyla Fossil taxa described in 1881 Mammals described in 1881