# Scientific name for a pig?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221 "2001-10-29T03:39:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221/1 "2001-10-29T03:39:43Z")

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What’s the latin scientific name for your common household swine?

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**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221/2 "2001-10-29T03:43:15Z")

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[Sus scrofa](http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/sus/s._scrofa%24narrative.html)

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221/3 "2001-10-29T04:21:03Z")

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Cool. Thank you kindly.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221/4 "2001-10-29T05:23:39Z")

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Porkus Yummus.

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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-name-for-a-pig/90221/5 "2001-10-29T05:29:22Z")

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friedo: damn, beat me to it. I was gonna do Porkus Fattus, but yours is funnier 🙂