The Razorback, also referred to as wild swine, feral hogs and feral swine, is a feral pig that was first introduced to North and South America in the 16th century.History of Wild Swine in the United States Christopher Columbus is known to have intentionally released domestic swine in West Indies during his second voyage in order to provide future expeditions with a freely available food supply. Hernando de Soto is known to have introduced Eurasian domestic swine to Florida in 1539, although Juan Ponce de León may have introduced the first pigs into mainland Florida in 1525. The practice of introducing domestic pigs into the New World continued throughout the exploration periods of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is thought that the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa), which originally ranged from France to European Russia may have also been introduced.

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