pig

Summary

pig is a taxon^[1]. pig ranks in the top 0.064% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,921 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].

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

Why It Matters

pig ranks in the top 0.064% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,921 views/month, #125 of 195,241).^[2] pig has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[61] pig is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[62]

Entities named for pig include Swindon^[38], a big city^[39], in United Kingdom^[40]; Pig War^[41], a war^[42]; Moo Deng^[43], an individual animal^[44], in Thailand^[45]; Piggate^[46], an anecdote^[47], in United Kingdom^[48]; Pigasus Award^[49], an award^[50], founded in 1982^[51]; and Grise Fiord^[52], a territorial hamlet of Canada^[53], in Canada^[54], founded in 1953^[55].