A pig is a member of the suid mammal group, with domestic pigs derived from wild-boar ancestry. Feeding ecology, domestication and breeding can alter traits within a species, so a domestic phenotype should not automatically stand for its ancestral condition.

Ancestors (18)

  1. Artiodactyla
  2. Laurasiatheria
  3. Placental mammal
  4. Eutheria
  5. Theria
  6. Mammal
  7. Mammaliaform
  8. Cynodont
  9. Therapsid
  10. Synapsid
  11. Amniote
  12. Tetrapod
  13. Vertebrate
  14. Animal
  15. Eukaryote
  16. Organism
  17. Biology
  18. Home

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