Friday, 1 November 2013

Wild Hog

Appearance: Wild pigs can reach weights of more than 150 pounds and be 5-6 feet long.'

Habitat:

The wild pig (Sus scrofa), also called the wild hog, wild boar or feral pig, is not a Florida native and may have been introduced by Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto as early as 1539.
They occur in all of Florida's 67 counties within a wide variety of habitats, but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs and pine flatwoods.

 


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