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Range: Hawaiʻi island, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi

Region of origin: Eurasia

Date of first introduction: 1000 to 1200 AD (arrival of Polynesians)

Average size: 45 kg to 70 kg

Litter frequency: 1 to 2 litters per year

Litter size: 5 to 6 piglets

Home range: 0.11 km  to 0.86 km  (Hawaii); 0.3 km  to 2.1 km  (New Zealand); 4.6 km  to 6.1 km  (Mainland US)

Diet: Tree ferns, fruits, earthworms, small vertebrates

References: Tomich 1986, Salbosa and Lepczyk 2009, Wehr et al. 2018, Duffy and Lepcyzk 2021

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Feral pigs (Sus scrofa)

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