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Mangalica

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A Hungarian breed of domestic pig, also called Mangalitsa or Mangalitza, developed in the mid-nineteenth century by crossbreeding pigs from the Hungarian regions of Nagyszalonta (now Salonta, Romania) and Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian Sumadija breed. The Mangalica grows a thick, curly coat of hair; the only other pig breed noted for a similarly long coat was the now-extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig of England.

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Modern (19th-20th c.) 1
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1. Mangalica (Wikipedia)
lead: developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreedingView the Source
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