An American breed of domestic pig descended from saddlebacked pigs imported to Kentucky from about 1825 from the English county of Hampshire. It has a black body marked by a white band or sheet over the shoulders that extends down the front legs, with erect ears.
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The Hampshire derives from pigs imported to Massachusetts between about 1820 and 1830 by a Captain John Mackay of Boston, a ship-owner.
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Its conservation status world-wide is "not at risk".
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