Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

— Wild Boar

Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 p.49; Type locality- Germany; Won, 1968 p.345; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.21; Oh, 2004b p.257; Jo et al., 2012 p.252.

S. ussuricus Heude, 1888 p.54; Type locality- Ussuri, Siberia.

S. gigas Heude, 1896 p.189; Type locality- Vladivostok.

S. coreanus Heude, 1896 p.191; Type locality- Busan, Korea; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380.

S. leucomystax var. continentalis Nehring, 1889 p.141; Type locality- Vladivostok.

S. continentalis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.380 .

S. leucomystax continentalis: Kuroda, 1938 p.2 .

S. leucomystax coreanus: Kuroda, 1938 p.2; Tate, 1947 p.313.

S. scrofa coreanus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.347; Won, 1958 p.430; Won, 1967 p.34; Won, 1968 p.350; Yoon, 1992 p.122.

S. scrofa ussuricus: Won, 1958 p.430; Won, 1967 p.32; Yoon, 1992 p.121.

S. scrofa continentalis: Won, 1968 p.346 .

Range: Sus scrofa ranges throughout the Korean Peninsula and islands near the mainland (3 rd National Nature-Environmental Survey 2006–2013 unpublished electronic data; Fig. 66). The species dispersed into Jeju Island in 2003 as an invasive species (Jo et al. 2012).

Remarks: Previously, two subspecies recorded, S. s. ussuricus (or S. s. continentalis) in northern high mountains around Mt. Baekdu and S. s. coreanus in the rest of the country. Sometimes S. s. coreanus placed as a synonym of S. s. ussuricus due to minor morphological differences. Recent DNA analysis showed that S. s. coreanus was more closely related to southeastern Asian and Japanese populations (Cho et al. 2009). A hypothesis suggests that S. s. coreanus crossed from southeastern Asia or Japan to the Korean Peninsula during the last glacial period with sea level decline (Cho et al. 2009).