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CAVS: 1514

Species Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758

Pig

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Also on Kangaroo Is.

Introduced from Europe.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Crop, gregarious, necrophagous, noctidiurnal, omnivore, predator, subtropical, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Feral.

 

General References

Bowman, D.M.J.S. & McDonough, L. 1993. Feral pig (Sus scrofa) rooting in a monsoon forest - wetland transition, northern Australia. Wildlife Research 18: 761-765

Caley, P. 1993. Population dynamics of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a tropical riverine habitat complex. Wildlife Research 20: 625-636

Caley, P. 1994. Factors affecting the success rate of traps for catching feral pigs in a tropical habitat. Wildlife Research 21: 287-292

Caley, P. 1997. Movements, activity patterns and habitat use of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a tropical habitat. Wildlife Research 24: 77-88

Choquenet, D., McIlroy, J. & Korn, T. 1996. Managing Vertebrate Pests: Feral Pigs. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences, Australian Government Publishing Service.

Choquenot, D. 1995. Assessing visibility bias associated with helocopter counts of feral pigs in Australia's semi-arid rangelands. Wildlife Research 22: 569-578

Choquenot, D. 1998. Testing the relative influence of intrinsic and extrinsic variation in food availability on feral pig populations in Australia's rangelands. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 887-907

Choquenot, D. & Saunders, G. 1993. A comparison of three aging techniques for feral pigs from subalpine and semi-arid habitats. Wildlife Research 20: 163-171

Claridge, A.W. & May, T.W. 1994. Mycophagy among Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 251-275

Clutton-Brock, J. 1981. Domesticated Animals from Early Times. London : British Museum 208 pp.

Corbett, L. 1995. Does dingo predation or buffalo competition regulate feral pig populations in the Australian wet-dry tropics? An experimental study. Wildlife Research 22: 65-74

Dexter, N. 1996. The effect of an intensive shooting exercise from a helicopter on the behaviour of surviving pigs. Wildlife Research 23: 435-442

Fensham, R.J. 1993. The impact of pig rooting on populations of Burmania sp., a rare rainforest herb on Bathurst Island. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 103: 5-12

Groves, C. 1981. Ancestors for the pigs: taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sus. Department of Prehistory Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University Technical Bulletin 3: i-viii 1-96

Hafez, E.S.E., Sumption, L.J. & Jakway, J.S. 1962. The behaviour of swine. pp. 334-369 in Hafez, E.S.E. (ed.). The Behaviour of Domestic Animals. London : Baillière, Tindall & Cox.

Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16

Heise-Pavlov, P.M. & Heise-Pavlov, S.R. 2003. Feral pigs in tropical lowland rainforest of north-eastern Australia: ecology, zoonoses and management. Wildlife Biology 9(Suppl. 1): 21-27

Hone, J. 1995. Spatial and temporal aspects of vertebrate pest damage with emphasis on feral pigs. Journal of Applied Ecology 32: 311-319

Hone, J. 2002. Feral pigs in Namadgi National Park, Australia: dynamics, impacts and management. Biological Conservation 105: 231-242

Hone, L.J. & Martin, W. 1998. A study of dung and plot size for surveying feral pigs using dung counts. Wildlife Research 25: 255-260

Laurance, W.F. & Harrington, G.N. 1997. Ecological associations of feeding sites of feral pigs in the Queensland wet tropics. Wildlife Research 24: 579-590

Letts, G.A., Bassingthwaighte, A. & de Vos, W.E.L. 1979. Feral Animals in the Northern Territory. Report of the Board of Inquiry 1979. N.T. : Govt. Printer xvi 234 pp.

Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30

McIlroy, J.C. & Gifford, E.J. 1997. The 'Judas' pig technique: a method that could enhance control programmes against feral pigs, Sus scrofa. Wildlife Research 24: 483-491

McKnight, T. 1976. Friendly vermin. A survey of feral livestock in Australia. University of California Publications in Geography 21: i-viii 1-104

Pavlov, P.M. 1995. Pig Sus scrofa. pp. 715-717 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Pond, W.G. & Houpt, K.A. 1978. The Biology of the Pig. Ithaca : Cornell Univ. Press 371 pp.

Saunders, G. 1993. The demography of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales. Wildlife Research 20: 559-569

Saunders, G., & Kay, B. 1996. Movements and home ranges of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales. Wildlife Research 23: 711-720

Tisdall, C.A. 1982. Wild Pigs: environmental pest or economic resource? Sydney : Pergamon Press viii 445 pp.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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12-Feb-2010 (import)