Mother Boar suckling her piglets, in Rajasthan

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Indian Wild Boar with Piglets at the Sariska National Park Female Wild Boar with piglets in Sariska National Park near Alwar, Rajasthan. A sounder of Boar piglets follow the mother - yum, yum! Wild boar is considered to be the wild antecedent of the domestic pig of the Indian subcontinent. It belongs to the Suidae biological family, which also includes the Warthog and Bushpig of Africa, the Pygmy Hog of northern India and the Babirusa of Indonesia. Indian wild boars are also quite closely related to peccary or javelina of North, Central and South America. The thick coat of the wild boar of India is grayish-black in color and is covered with bristle-like hair. It can grow upto a length of 6 feet and may weigh as much as 440 lb (200 kg). The most noticeable as well as most distinguishing fea