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Table 1 List of species of Suidae showing their origin and number of sequences generated.

From: Evolution of endogenous retroviruses in the Suidae: evidence for different viral subpopulations in African and Eurasian host species

Origin

Species and subspecies

Common name

Source

Tissue

gag

pol

envA+

envB

envC+

envE

Africa

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

Forest hog

Uganda

Muscle

3

-

1

3

-

3

 

Phacochoerus aethiopicus

Desert warthog

Kenya

Muscle

3

4

-

3

-

3

 

Phacochoerus africanus

Common warthog

Iwaba Zimbabwe

Muscle

7

7

6

1

-

4

 

Potamochoerus larvatus

Bush-pig

Zimbabwe

Blood

3

4

3

3

-

2

 

Potamochoerus porcus

Red river hog

Duisburg Zoo, Germany

Muscle

4

4

4

3

-

3

Eurasia

Sus scrofa

Wild boar

Yorkshire Farm, UK

Blood

4

4

2

4

3

2

Asia Pacific

Sus barbatus oi

Western bearded pig

Singapore Zoo, Singapore

Blood

4

4

-

3

4

3

 

Sus barbatus barbatus

Bornean bearded pig

Singapore Zoo, Singapore

Blood

4

3

-

4

6

2

 

Sus celebensis

Sulawesi warty pig

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Muscle

3

3

2

4

3

3

 

Sus verrucosus

Javan warty pig

Poznan Zoo, Poland

Muscle

3

-

-

5

6

4

 

Babyrousa babyrussa

Babirusa

Surabaya Zoo, Indonesia

Blood

-

-

-

-

-

11*

TOTAL

38

33

18

33

22

40

  1. + After reorganization of sequences (see text)
  2. * Two animals were analyzed.