The wild boar in Egypt

The wild boar, Sus scrofa, is not a typical member of the Egyptian wild fau na, although it appears to have lived in the Nile Delta and other suitable regions in the north of the country. However, historic populations were pro bably of mixed origin, including feral domestic pigs. It is incorrect, as i s sometimes still done, to include the wild boar in the iconographic bestia ry of Ancient Egypt and assume that the domestic pigs of Ancient Egypt deri ve from local wild boars. (C) Academie des Sciences/ Elsevier, Paris.