Regarding this, Wu Ming-che, chief of the Breeding and Genetics Division at the Livestock Research Institute, notes that the Formosan wild boar and the Lanyu miniature pig both have 38 chromosomes, proving that they aren't true wild pigs. Thus, all of Taiwan's native pigs are domestic in origin, and do not fall under the scope of the Wildlife Conservation Act.
對此，農委會畜試所遺傳育種組組長吳明哲表示，山豬與蘭嶼豬的染色體都是 38 條，證明牠們不是野豬，因此就台灣豬而言，目前所有的豬隻都是家豬，都不予納入《野生動物保育法》。