kune kune pigs latin name

netwoir · #1 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 12:32 AM

does anyone know the latin name of kune kune pigs? i cant find it anywhere and would be helpful for my assignment

please help thanks x

R0NST3R · #2 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 02:15 AM

Pigs, Pig Health, Pig Welfare, Diseases of Pigs, Photos of Pigs - ThePigSite.com they might be able to help you

Matt Harris · #3 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 08:35 AM

Aren't they just a variety of the pig, Sus scrofa?

KJ Exotics · #4 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 07:18 PM

try here
The British Kune Kune Pig Society history page

Paradoxurus · #5 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 08:12 PM

All domestic pigs (Kune kune, Middle White, Berkshire Black, Tamworth, Vietnamese Pot-bellied etc. etc.) are descended from the Wild Boar so the scientific name is thus Sus scrofa (Linnaeus 1758 ).

By the way, to refer to the scientific name as 'Latin' is wrong. 'Latinised' is more accurate as zoological nomenclature includes Greek, Hebrew, onomatopoeic and etymologically derived terms.

netwoir · #6 (**permalink**) 23-05-2008, 11:40 AM

ok thank you so much for your help!

wants-a-tort · #7 (**permalink**) 23-05-2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradoxurus

All domestic pigs (Kune kune, Middle White, Berkshire Black, Tamworth, Vietnamese Pot-bellied etc. etc.) are descended from the Wild Boar so the scientific name is thus Sus scrofa (Linnaeus 1758 ).

By the way, to refer to the scientific name as 'Latin' is wrong. 'Latinised' is more accurate as zoological nomenclature includes Greek, Hebrew, onomatopoeic and etymologically derived terms.

You knows your stuff!

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