Wild boar: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the wild boar lives – recorded in 26 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sus scrofa
Group	Wild pigs & peccaries
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	26 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Diet (main food)	Rodent, nut, twig, insect, fish, berry, tuber, rhizome, bark, bulb, carrion, shoot, Lumbricus terrestris, leaf, seed, root, waste, Anura, bird egg
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Suidae

Where does the wild boar live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wild boar in 26 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong, Brazil. In Australia, Brazil, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Russia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a wild boar eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the wild boar as: Rodent, nut, twig, insect, fish, berry, tuber, rhizome, bark, bulb, carrion, shoot, Lumbricus terrestris, leaf, seed, root, waste, Anura, bird egg.

Is the wild boar endangered?

The wild boar’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wild boar?

The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Suidae, genus Sus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world as well as the most widespread suiform. It has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability to a diversity of habitats. It has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. Wild boars probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene and outcompeted other suid species as they spread throughout the Old World. However, extensive interspecific introgression among suids has complicated the reconstruction of wild boar origins. A 2026 genomic study instead placed their origin in tropical continental Asia, with wild boars expanding from South Asia during the Middle Pleistocene and later spreading into Southeast Asian islands and across Eurasia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wild boar (revision 1378657752), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q58697 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).