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Also known as mangalica, mangalitza, mangulica

thumbnail|A swallow-bellied Mangalica in the gardens of the Franciscan monastery in Kadaň|Franciscan monastery at [[Kadaň, Czech Republic]] thumb|Mangalica piglets, about one month old, in Münsterland, Germany thumb|The curly blonde coat of a Mangalica pig at Budapest Zoo, Hungary

Key facts

Pig breed.name
Mangalica
Pig breed.image
File:20101119 Mangalica 003.jpg
Pig breed.country
Hungary

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Husbandry
  • Varieties
  • References

thumbnail|A swallow-bellied Mangalica in the gardens of the Franciscan monastery in Kadaň|Franciscan monastery at [[Kadaň, Czech Republic]] thumb|Mangalica piglets, about one month old, in Münsterland, Germany thumb|The curly blonde coat of a Mangalica pig at Budapest Zoo, Hungary

The Mangalica (, also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding breeds from Hungarian Nagyszalonta (now Salonta, Romania) and Hungarian Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian Šumadija breed. The Mangalica pig grows a thick, curly coat of hair. The only other pig breed noted for having a long coat is the extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig of England.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mangalitsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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