Šiška (breed)

The Šiška (from Serbo-Croatian: šiške meaning "bangs") was a primitive pig breed descending from the wild boar, or a "common wild boar",[1] native to the Balkans, found in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[2] Croatia,[3] and Serbia.[4] It is one of the ancestors of both the Mangalitsa and Turopolje pig.[1] In 1977 Hungarian scientists believed it was extinct in Hungary,[5] and in Serbia it is believed that it has disappeared.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Sölkner et al. 2023, p. 219.
  2. ^ Adilović 2007.
  3. ^ Field Museum of Natural History 1961, p. 90.
  4. ^ a b CEPIB.
  5. ^ Gaál, László; Gunst, Péter (1977). Animal Husbandry in Hungary in the 19th-20th Centuries. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 306. ISBN 978-963-05-1128-5.

Sources

Field Museum of Natural History (1961). Fieldiana: Anthropology. Vol. 52–54. Field Museum of Natural History.