Pigs Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is a pig?

A fish

A bird

An animal

2. What are baby pigs known as?

Piglets

Wild boar

Babirusa

3. What are the types of pig according to the genus Sus?

Domestic pig and wild board

Peccary and babirusa

Warthog and babirusa

4. Which pig is the most populous large mammal in the world?

Domestic pig

Babirusa

Wild boar

5. Pigs are:

Omnivores

Hervibores

Carnivores

6. How many teeth does a pig have?

43

42

44

7. What is the ancestor of the domestic pig?

Wild boar

Babirusa

Peccary

8. What are the hairs of the pig called?

Mane

Bristles

Fur

9. How many living species are thought to contain the genus Sus?

7

9

8

10. In which year scientists manage to sequences the genome of the domestic pig?

2015

2012

2013

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Pigs Quiz: questions and answers

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1. What is a pig?

2. What are baby pigs known as?

3. What are the types of pig according to the genus Sus?

4. Which pig is the most populous large mammal in the world?

5. Pigs are:

6. How many teeth does a pig have?

7. What is the ancestor of the domestic pig?

8. What are the hairs of the pig called?

9. How many living species are thought to contain the genus Sus?

10. In which year scientists manage to sequences the genome of the domestic pig?

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