pig

domesticated omnivorous even-toed ungulate
Taxon taxon Q787
pig
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pig

Summary

pig is a taxon[1]. pig ranks in the top 0.064% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,170 views/month, #125 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • pig's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • pig is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • pig belongs to the parent taxon Sus scrofa[5].
  • pig's scientific name is Sus scrofa domesticus[6].
  • pig is a type of domesticated mammal[7].
  • pig is a type of productive animal[8].
  • pig is a type of omnivore[9].
  • pig's Commons category is recorded as Sus scrofa domesticus[10].
  • pig's Unicode character is recorded as 🐖[11].
  • pig's Unicode character is recorded as 🐷[12].
  • pig comprises pig's tail[13].
  • pig comprises male pig[14].
  • pig comprises female pig[15].
  • pig's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pigs[16].
  • pig's Commons gallery is recorded as Sus scrofa domesticus[17].
  • pig's depicted by is recorded as Il porcellino[18].
  • pig's earliest date is recorded as -15000-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • pig's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[20].
  • pig's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • pig's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22].
  • pig's this taxon is source of is recorded as pork[23].
  • pig's this taxon is source of is recorded as pig nail[24].
  • pig's this taxon is source of is recorded as pork liver[25].
  • pig's this taxon is source of is recorded as knuckle[26].
  • pig's this taxon is source of is recorded as pig's bladder[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, pig is Sus scrofa domesticus[6]. pig is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. pig is classified within Sus scrofa[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Domestic pig'}[28], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hausschwein'}[29], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'świnia domowa'}[30], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'tamgris'}[31], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'gochu'}[32], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'domači prašič'}[33].

Identifiers

pig's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 324492[34]. pig's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9825[35]. pig's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9104700[36]. pig's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898917[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for pig include Moo Deng[38], an individual animal[39], in Thailand[40]; Swindon[41], a big city[42], in United Kingdom[43]; Pigasus Award[44], an award[45], founded in 1982[46]; Pig War[47], a war[48]; Hogs of War[49], a video game[50]; Baranagar[51], a municipality of West Bengal[52], in India[53], founded in 1869[54]; Grise Fiord[55], a territorial hamlet of Canada[56], in Canada[57], founded in 1953[58]; and pork cycle[59], a phenomenon[60], founded in 1927[61].

Why It Matters

pig ranks in the top 0.064% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,170 views/month, #125 of 195,241).[2] pig has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] pig is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Entities named for pig include Moo Deng[38], an individual animal[39], in Thailand[40]; Swindon[41], a big city[42], in United Kingdom[43]; Pigasus Award[44], an award[45], founded in 1982[46]; Pig War[47], a war[48]; Hogs of War[49], a video game[50]; and Baranagar[51], a municipality of West Bengal[52], in India[53], founded in 1869[54].

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [35] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [36] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  33. [32] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [61] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id C1623
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C1623, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 16d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id 32407
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8854]]: 32407, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088874|Hausschwein (#102088874)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]"
  3. 27d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id 14148
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 14148, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484936|SWINE (#167484936)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n"
  4. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Q292111
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292111, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['pig', 'swine']
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ary, knc */ import labels from sitelinks"
  6. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['pig', 'swine']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: pig, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950227|pig (#289950227)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  7. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0001267-prasata
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001267-prasata, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  8. 13w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Sus scrofa
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of domesticated mammal, productive animal, omnivore
    Instance of taxon
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6551, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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