KUNE KUNE
PIGS
Sus Scrofa Scrofa Kunekune
SIZE: 55 – 75cm body length
WEIGHT: 60 – 100kg
DIET: Grass, fresh fruit and vegetables.
They require more fibre than commercial pigs,
but less protein.
LIFE SPAN: 12 – 15 years
CONSERVATION STATUS:
DISTRIBUTION:
DID YOU KNOW?
Pigs cannot sweat.
They usually roll around
in the mud or bathe in water
to keep cool.
The Kune Kune is a small breed of domestic pig. Its name means ‘small, round and fat’ in Maori, a native language of New Zealand. The Kune Kune pigs
were originally kept by the native
Maori people in New Zealand. They
were first brought to the UK in 1992.
• Pigs have poor vision but excellent
senses of smell and hearing.
• Pigs use their snout for rutting and
foraging.
• Pigs’ skin lacks hair, so they are very
sensitive to the sun. In the wild they
wallow in the mud to stay cool and
protect their skin.
