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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Suiformes — thepigs and related creatures.
Etymologies
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Javalina are members of the family Tayassuidae and feral swine the family Suidae.
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Javalina are members of the family Tayassuidae and feral swine the family Suidae.
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Do not work on a virus! ie thats why, - unless you develop a Secondary issue ie a pnuemonococcus, - you do NOT, if your Doc is a good one, get antibiotics for it. a large populace that has and carries a Suidae (pig) MRSA, Danes and USA pork farm workers their families and towns near them.
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While babirusas look pig-like and are classified as part of Suidae, they are distinctive and unusual.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Notes on the systematics of Babyrousa (Artiodactyla, Suidae).
The many babirusa species: laissez-faire lumping under fire again Darren Naish 2006
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Family Species Suidae Sus salvanius* Leporidae Caprolagus hispidus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Family Species Suidae Sus verrucosus Cervidae Axis kuhlii** An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Notes on the systematics of Babyrousa (Artiodactyla, Suidae).
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Ploughing behaviour of Babyrousa babyrussa (Suidae, Mammalia) suggests a scent-marking function.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Ploughing behaviour is apparently unique to babirusas among Suidae, and its discovery implies that babirusas in captivity might have their behaviour enriched if they are provided with suitable areas of soft, plougable sand or soil.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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