Hampshire pig

Hampshire
Sow with cross-bred piglets
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 148 
  • DAD-IS (2024): nota at risk
Country of originUnited States
Traits
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus

The Hampshire is an American breed of domestic pig. It derives from saddlebacked pigs imported to Kentucky from about 1825 from the English county of Hampshire. It has a black body with a white band or sheet over the shoulders and extending down the front legs; the ears are erect.

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