Sus strozzi is an extinct species of suid native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. It was more ancient than the boar and was eventually displaced by the latter when it entered Europe during the start of the Pleistocene.Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region, By Jacques Blondel, James Aronson
Description Sus strozzi was larger than the modern-day wild boar. A skeleton from a young specimen indicates an animal of , while incomplete remains from an adult indicate an animal with a head-and-body length of . One recently found fossil was a jawbone from a male, much larger than the jawbone of any modern day species of Sus. It was possibly adapted to a swamp environment, and may have been ancestral to the modern Javan warty pig.Kurtén, Björn (1968). Pleistocene mammals of Europe. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. pp. 153-155
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