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suid, any member of the family Suidae, hoofed mammals, order Artiodactyla, including the wild and domestic pigs. Suids are stout animals with small eyes and coarse, sometimes sparse, hair. All have muzzles ending in a rounded cartilage disk used to dig for food. Some species have tusks. Suids are omnivorous and usually gregarious. Females bear litters of 2 to 14 young; gestation is four to five months. Domestic pigs are found worldwide; wild species are native to the Old World.

For more information on suid species and groups, see babirusa; boar; bush pig; pig; swine; warthog.

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