What is Wild boar?
{{Taxobox | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | name = Wild Boar | image = Young wild boar.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Suidae]] | genus = ''[[Sus]]'' | species = '''''S. scrofa''''' | binomial = ''Sus scrofa'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758<br />[[File:Boar distribution.png|200px]] }} The '''wild boar''' (''Sus scrofa'') belongs to the [[Family (biology)|family]] of the real [[pig]] (Suidae) from the order of [[artiodactyls]]. They live today in almost every part of the world, even many countries that are not their natural [[habitat]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/specialarticles/mam1_xx.pdf |title= Mammal Rev. 1999, Volume 29., No. 4 |work=blackwellpublishing.com|accessdate=27 May 2010}}</ref> The wild boar is native to Eurasia and North Africa. Wild boars are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] and easily [[wikt:adapt|adapt]] to changes. They were [[hunting|hunted]] in Europe from long ago for many of their body parts, and were shown in the [[mythology]] of many ancient [[civilization]]s. [[Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Phoenicia]]n, and [[Persia]]n mythology showed them as fierce, sometimes evil, while others showed them as brave, powerful [[animal]]s. Again, others saw them as [[parasite|parasitic]]. Even today many people see wild boars very differently. The hair of the boar was often used when making the toothbrush until the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://1800dentist.com/encyclopedia/default.aspx?ContentID=205 |title=Dental Encyclopedia |publisher=1800dentist.com |accessdate=2007-06-21 |archive-date=2007-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014180213/http://1800dentist.com/encyclopedia/default.aspx?ContentID=205 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The hair for the bristles usually came from the neck area of the boar. The brushes were popular because the bristles were soft. However, this was not the best material for [[oral hygiene]] because the hairs dried