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Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans)
- FamilySuidae (Suids)
- GenusSus (Boars and Warty Pigs)
- SpeciesSus scrofa (Wild Boar)
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
42 Verified sightings at Berlin
1,111 In all 39 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted
About the Wild Boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world as well as the most widespread suiform. It has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability to a diversity of habitats. It has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. Wild boars probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene and outcompeted other suid species as they spread throughout the Old World.
As of 2005, up to 16 subspecies are recognized, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young (both male and female). Fully grown males are usually solitary outside the breeding season. The wolf is the wild boar's main predator in most of its natural range except in the Far East and the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is replaced by the tiger and Komodo dragon respectively. The wild boar has a long history of association with humans, having been the ancestor of most domestic pig breeds and a big-game animal for millennia. Boars have also re-hybridized in recent decades with feral pigs; these boar–pig hybrids have become a serious pest wild animal in the Americas and Australia. Wikipedia →
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Before you go
What are the chances of seeing a Wild Boar in Berlin?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wild Boar sighting in Berlin on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 19 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Wild Boar in Berlin?
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wild Boar in Berlin on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month.
What time of day is best to see a Wild Boar?
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wild Boar sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Is Berlin the best place to see a Wild Boar?
15th of 31
Of the 31 cities where we can rate Wild Boar sightings, Berlin ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sendai (Japan, about 60%), Hong Kong (China, about 40%) and Hefei (China, about 30%).
Where does the Wild Boar sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wild Boar is recorded against all the mammals logged in Berlin (42 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
