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Sus scrofa hybrids

Puaka

Pig

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pig

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Puaka (RR AT MK MT AK TS TW), Puaka / Ngolo (PK); Other Polynesian - Pua‘a (TAH), Pua‘a (HAW, ancient)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - PNG; EXOTIC EXOTIC Melanesia and Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Polynesian + Recent, Naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food(4+)

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++++
P
++++
P
++?
P

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
+++
++++

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Pests & Hosts

Relationship Pests
Parasite - internal Trichuris suis

Scientific Taxonomy

Sus scrofa hybrids (Linnaeus, 1758); Schlater, 1860
SYNONYMS: Sus scrofa [Groves 1981 suggestion that all pigs in Pacific are hybrids, accepted by Flannery 1994.]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Artiodactyla; Suiformes; Suinae; SUIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Takitumu (Puaka Maori, 2 of 3 domestic), NBSAP - Atiu (1 of 5 domestic)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food(4+). Comments: NBSAP - Atiu (2 of 4 wild pests) One of world's 100 invasive alien species [ISSG,2001].

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sus scrofa hybrids.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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