Wild boar

Boars are fierce wild pigs, the ancestors of all domesticated varieties. They are found throughout the temperate regions of Endor. The largest species, the red boar, is found in the woodlands east of the Orocarni in easternmost part of the continent (particularly in Aegan). Exceptionally dangerous, generally nocturnal creatures, boars are agile, quick, and aggressive whenever they are alarmed. When angry, they will charge straight at an enemy, regardless of its size, and bowl it over, trampling the foe with sharp hooves and slashing it with even sharper tusks. Injuries, unless to a limb, hardly slow a Boar down.

Boars are hunted all over Middle-earth. Men often hunt them using special spears that have extra stout shafts, huge, sharp heads, and (most important) a stout crossbar about 18 inches below the point. The crossbar is handy because a speared Boar will run straight up the spear to get at the hunter.

Omnivores, boars eat bulbs, tubers, fruit, nuts, insects, and carrion. They are most active at night and in the morning and travel in groups of 1-20. Males (who can be distinguished by their long canine-tusks) roam apart from, but close to, the females and young.