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{{Creature infobox
 
{{Creature infobox
 
|name = Boar
 
|name = Boar
|eyes = Black<ref name="wiki"/>
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|eyes =
|hair = Brown<ref name="wiki"/>
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|hair =
 
|related = *[[Pig]]<ref name="wiki"/>
 
|related = *[[Pig]]<ref name="wiki"/>
 
*[[Hog]]<ref name="wiki"/>
 
*[[Hog]]<ref name="wiki"/>
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|native=
|native = {{Wplink|Eurasia}}, North [[Africa]], {{Wplink|Greater Sunda Islands}}<ref name="wiki"/>
 
|mortality = Mortal
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|mortality=
|distinction = *Wallow in mud<ref name="wiki"/>
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|distinction=
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|class=
*Omnivorous<ref name="wiki"/>
 
 
|status=
|class = Non-[[magic]]al
 
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|status = Extant
 
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}}The '''Boar''', or '''Wild Boar''', is a {{Wplink|suid}} mammal native to much of {{Wplink|Eurasia}}, North [[Africa]] and the {{Wplink|Greater Sunda Islands}}.<ref name="wiki">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar</ref> It is also a known corporeal form of the [[Patronus Charm]].<ref name="DH32"/>
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The '''Boar''', or '''Wild Boar''', is a {{Wplink|suid}} mammal.<ref name="wiki">{{wikilink|Wild_boar}}</ref> It is a known corporeal form of the [[Patronus Charm]].<ref name="DH32"/>
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
On [[2 May]] [[1998]], [[Hufflepuff]] student [[Ernest Macmillan]] conjured a fully corporeal [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] to defend [[Hogwarts Castle]] and its inhabitants against [[Dementor]]s which were attacking the school on the orders of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].<ref name="DH32">{{DH|B|32}}</ref>
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On [[2 May]] [[1998]], [[Hufflepuff]] student [[Ernest Macmillan]] conjured a fully corporeal boar [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] to defend [[Hogwarts Castle]] and its inhabitants against [[Dementor]]s which were attacking the school on the orders of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].<ref name="DH32">{{DH|B|32}}</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

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The Boar, or Wild Boar, is a suid mammal.[1] It is a known corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[2]

History

On 2 May 1998, Hufflepuff student Ernest Macmillan conjured a fully corporeal boar Patronus during the Battle of Hogwarts to defend Hogwarts Castle and its inhabitants against Dementors which were attacking the school on the orders of Lord Voldemort.[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 WP favicon Wild_boar on Wikipedia
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)