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Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
Female: 300 kg [ 2] Pig. Sus domesticus. The Large Black is a British breed of domestic pig. It is the only British pig that is entirely black. [ 2] It was created in the last years of the nineteenth century by merging the black pig populations of Devon and Cornwall in the south-west with those of Essex, Suffolk and Kent in the south-east.
Said to be the largest pig ever bred in Britain. [ 1] The Gloucestershire Old Spots (also Gloucester, Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucestershire Old Spot[ 2] or simply Old Spots[ 3]) is an English breed of pig which is predominantly white with black spots. It is named after the county of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Old Spots pig is known for ...
Traits. Pig. Sus domesticus. The Hampshire pig is a domestic swine breed characterized by erect ears, a black body, and a white band around the middle, covering the front legs. The American National Swine Registry notes this as the fourth "most-recorded breed" of pig raised as livestock in the United States, and probably the oldest American ...
Pig. Sus domesticus. The Angeln Saddleback, also known as the Angler Sattel schwein ( German) or Angler sadel svin ( Danish ), is a rare breed of domestic pig grown mainly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is a large, lop-eared, black pig with a white belt around its body at the forefeet. The breed originated in Angeln, Germany (until 1864 ...
Hair. black. Pig. Sus domesticus. The Berkshire is a British breed of pig. It originated in the English county of Berkshire, for which it is named. It is normally black, with some white on the snout, on the lower legs, and on the tip of the tail. It is a rare breed in the United Kingdom. It has been exported to a number of countries including ...
Pig. Sus domesticus. Sow at the Last Royal Show in 2009. The Oxford Sandy and Black[ a] is a British breed of domestic pig. It originated in the county of Oxfordshire, and is named for that and its colour, which is a sandy brown with black patches. It is believed to be one of the oldest British breeds of pig. [ 4]
Like other old British pig breeds, the ancestor of the Essex may have originated in the county of the same name from selective breeding of local wild pigs. [citation needed] It was originally a smallish, "coarse" black-and-white pig that was noted for being easy to keep and cheap to feed, qualities that ensured its popularity with smallholders.