Its origin, according to the majority of the experts zoologists is in the crossing of three different species, the European wild boar, the Mediterranean wild boar and the Asian wild boar, who during centuries gave rise to the current Iberian pig, through the various crossings carried out according to men’s needs.

Its nourishment, its morphological ecosystem and its characteristics are very different from those of the common pig or white pig, and so are in consequence the products which are obtained from it.