They usually grow to 2 and a half feet, body length. Their tail may be 8 inches long, and their height at the shoulder may be up to half a foot. Its' tusks may be 6 inches in total length, including the continually growing root. The earliest domestication is uncertain, but it is unlikely to have been before the Neolithic period with its agricultural revolution. Pigs cannot be readily herded, but take well to life in stys.
Wild pigs live mainly in open woodlands, especially where there are wallows.
They are quick footed and good swimmers. They normally avoid combat, but will act vigorously when provoked, slashing with their tusks. They like to root in the ground for food and dig holes to use as mud baths. They also eat insects, grubs, eggs, lizards, mice, voles, carrion and any birds they can seize. In the zoo they receive commercial pig chow, vegetables, fruit, alfalfa hay, vitamins and minerals.