Sus

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Sus is a genus of mammals in the pig family that includes domestic pigs and several species of wild boar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sus canonical 4
Mus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsTo Suidae
belongsToFamily Suidae
class Mammalia
commonName pig genus
describedAs genus of mammals in the pig family
diet omnivorous
domesticatedRepresentative Sus scrofa domesticus
economicImportance leather production
livestock production
meat production
research animal
family Suidae
hasCharacteristic even-toed ungulate
hoofed mammal
short legs
snouted face
thick body
hasUse cultural symbol
food source
model organism in biomedical research
includesDomesticForm domestic pig
includesSpecies Sus ahoenobarbus
Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus
Sus celebensis
Sus oliveri
Sus philippensis
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa domesticus
Sus verrucosus
includesWildForm wild boar
introducedTo Americas
Australia
Pacific Islands
surface form: Pacific islands
kingdom Animalia
nativeRange Eurasia
Southeast Asia
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
subfamily Suinae
taxonRank genus
tribe Sus scrofa
surface form: Suini
typeSpecies Sus scrofa
wildRepresentative Sus scrofa

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sus scrofa parentTaxon Sus
Mustafa shortFormOrDiminutive Sus
this entity surface form: Mus
Sus verrucosus genus Sus
Sus philippensis genus Sus
Sus ahoenobarbus genus Sus