# How Fast Is A Wild Boar?

> Wild Boar top speed is up to about 40 km/h (25 mph). Sprint vs endurance and what limits pace.

- **Species:** Wild Boar (*Sus scrofa*)
- **Conservation status:** Least Concern
- **Diet:** Omnivore — roots, acorns, insects, carrion, and small animals
- **Habitat:** Forests, farmland, and scrub across Eurasia and introduced ranges
- **Lifespan:** 10–14 years in the wild
- **Top speed:** Up to 40 km/h (25 mph)
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- **Last reviewed:** 2026-07-16

## Quick answer

The wild boar is the ancestor of domestic pigs, a sturdy omnivore with sharp tusks found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and introduced to the Americas and Oceania. Boars root up soil for food, weigh up to 200 kg, and live in matriarchal groups called sounders.

## Who should skip this page

Skip this if you need the full biology — use the [Wild Boar profile](https://globalanimalguide.org/animals/wild-boar/) instead.

## Rooting and diet

Wild boars dig with their snouts for roots, tubers, and invertebrates, aerating soil but sometimes damaging crops. Acorn mast in autumn builds fat reserves. They are opportunistic omnivores that also take small vertebrates and carrion.

## Help protect the Wild Boar

Native boar populations are pressured by hunting and habitat change even as introduced boar spread as pests abroad.

[Donate to habitat protection](https://worldanimalrescuenetwork.org/newsroom/habitat-loss-wildlife-extinction/)

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