Chinese Wikipedia — 梅山猪
This file reproduces a published encyclopedia article for research. No original standard is authored here.
Chinese Wikipedia is not a breed society, but the article is built from Chinese monographs that are themselves important breed-description sources: 中国梅山猪 (Shanghai Jiading Meishan Breeding Center et al., 2014), 中国太湖猪 (Taihu Pig Breeding Committee, 1991), and 上海四大名猪 (Shen Fulin and Lu Xuelin, eds., 2019). Those books were not obtained as full texts for this compilation; the Wikipedia article is reproduced because it is the publicly available summary that cites them, including numeric body-size figures attributed to 中国梅山猪.
The article also records that a Shanghai local standard, 《上海市地方标准·梅山猪》, was issued in 2010. The full text of that local standard was not located on a public URL at collection time.
Source
Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation / Chinese Wikipedia
Article: 梅山猪
URL: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/梅山猪
Revision noted on page: oldid=72142585
Retrieved: 19 August 2026
Cited works on the page: 1. 上海市嘉定区梅山猪育种中心; 上海市嘉定区动物疫病预防控制中心; 上海市嘉定区畜牧兽医学会. 《中国梅山猪》. 上海科学技术出版社. 2014. 2. 太湖猪育种委员会. 《中国太湖猪》. 上海科学技术出版社. 1991. 3. 沈富林; 陆雪林 (编). 《上海四大名猪》. 上海科学技术出版社. 2019.
Original Chinese
梅山猪是中国的一个家猪品种，属于太湖猪的一个类群，原产于上海嘉定区以及江苏太仓、昆山等地，主要分布于浏河两岸。梅山猪已出口阿尔巴尼亚、法国、泰国、匈牙利、罗马尼亚、朝鲜、日本、英国、美国等国，其中法国、日本、美国都曾对其进行过系统研究。
梅山猪原先有三种类型，分别为小型梅山猪（俗称“朝板脸”）、大胳伙型（俗称“骆驼脚”）、马陆型（俗称“木鱼头”）。在经过各类型之间的不断杂交与选育之后，1960至1970年代逐渐产生了按体形划分的中型梅山猪（又称中梅山猪、粗脚梅山猪）与小型梅山猪（又称小梅山猪、细脚梅山猪）两种。其中中型梅山猪体形较大、皮较厚且粗、额部皱纹多而深，小型梅山猪则体形较小、皮较薄、皱纹少。两者的四肢皆有“四白脚”特征。
梅山猪于2000年被列入《国家级畜禽遗传资源保护名录》。2003年上海市嘉定区梅山猪育种中心正式成立，其后于2008年被确定为国家级梅山猪资源保护场。2010年，《上海市地方标准·梅山猪》颁布。
Infobox figures attributed to 《中国梅山猪》 (2014):
| Medium (中型) | Small (小型) | |
|---|---|---|
| Male body weight | 192.56±4.80 kg | 130 kg |
| Female body weight | 172.84±4.32 kg | 122 kg |
| Male height | 89.17±1.54 cm | 80.75±3.25 cm |
| Female height | 76.03±0.48 cm | 67.67±1.45 cm |
English translation
The Meishan pig is a Chinese domestic pig breed, a type-group of the Taihu pig. It is native to Jiading District of Shanghai and to Taicang and Kunshan in Jiangsu, and is distributed mainly along both banks of the Liu River (浏河). Meishan pigs have been exported to Albania, France, Thailand, Hungary, Romania, the DPRK, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries; France, Japan, and the United States have all carried out systematic research on them.
The Meishan originally had three types: Small Meishan (popularly called “chaoban face” / 朝板脸), the Dagela type (popularly called “camel foot” / 骆驼脚), and the Malu type (popularly called “wooden-fish head” / 木鱼头). After repeated crossing and selection among these types, two forms classified by body size gradually emerged in the 1960s–1970s: the Medium Meishan (also called Zhong Meishan or coarse-footed Meishan) and the Small Meishan (also called Xiao Meishan or fine-footed Meishan). The Medium Meishan is larger, with thicker and coarser skin and many deep forehead wrinkles; the Small Meishan is smaller, with thinner skin and fewer wrinkles. Both have the “four white feet” (四白脚) trait on the limbs.
The Meishan pig was listed in the National Catalogue of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources for Protection in 2000. The Shanghai Jiading District Meishan Pig Breeding Center was formally established in 2003 and was designated a national-level Meishan pig resource conservation farm in 2008. In 2010, the Shanghai Local Standard · Meishan Pig was issued.