Mangalica pigs grow a thick, woolly coat similar to that of a sheep. The only other pig breed noted for having a similarly long coat was the already extinct Lincolnshire Curly-coated pig of England.
HISTORY
The Mangalica (also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. In fact, it was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding Hungarian breeds from Szalonta and Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian Šumadija breed. Interestingly, the autochthonous Serbian Šumadinka breeds were sent by Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović to Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary who created a new breed in Kisjenő, Arad county (at present, Romania). Many Hungarian stockbreeders bought swine from there because the new,.
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