Mangalica

Mangalica
Other names
  • Mangalitza
  • Mangalitsa
Country of originHungary
Traits
Weight
    • at 13–14 months: 180–200 kg
    • after fattening: 200–300 kg
    • maximum: over 500 kg
Hair
  • Blonde Mangalica - blonde
  • Swallow-bellied Mangalica - black and blonde
  • Red Mangalica - reddish-brown
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus

The Mangalica (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒŋɡɒlit͡sɒ], also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding breeds from the nearby Romanian Salonta (Hungarian: Nagyszalonta, colloquially Szalonta) and Hungarian Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian Šumadija breed. The Mangalica pig grows a thick, curly coat of hair. The only other pig breed noted for having a long coat is the extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig of England.

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