The wild boar has a dark, bristly coat with a thick undercoat. In the spring, the wild boar sheds and grows a shorter and lighter coat. It has a stocky torso and an elongated head with a flattened, strong snout. Its ears are broad, erect and hairy and it has small eyes. The tail is straight and quite long and adults have a plume on it. An adult male has two tusks. They are the two canines in the lower jaw that face upward. The upper canines are also strongly developed and point upward. The older a male is, the further these canines extend upward. Over the chest, the male has a four-inch thick layer of cartilage, which serves to protect the lungs and heart in combat. Young wild boars have blackish-brown fur with golden-yellow stripes. These run from front to back across the back.
Head to torso length: male (139-178) cm, female 132-167 cm
Height at withers: male 75-115 cm, female 60-105 cm
tail length: 15-29 cm
weight: male 60-135 kg, female 45-128
Males are larger than females. In the north, boars become heavier than in the south, with males sometimes weighing up to 200 kg. The body weight also depends on the living conditions. In the Netherlands, wild boars usually do not exceed 120 kg.
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