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kunekune
📅 Updated:2026-03-14
🕒 Created:2026-03-14
🆔 ID:96816
Description
kunekune, meaning "fat and round" in Māori, are small, hairy and rotund pigs from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Their normal colors range from black and white, to ginger, cream, gold-tip, black, brown, and tricoloured. Their hair has a lot of variety, ranging from short to long, and straight to curly. Hair colours include black, brown, ginger, gold, cream, and spotted combinations. They have short to medium snouts that curl up slightly, and may have two wattles (piri piri) under their chins. Their legs and bodies are short enough to be considered miniature pigs, Kunekune stands about 60 cm (24 in) tall and An adult Kunekune can weigh between 60 and 200 kg (130 and 440 lb), they are sexually dimorphic with males being considerably heavier than females on average.
They are typically docile and friendly with good memories and social learning, due to their size and good nature they are often kept as pets or as companion animals for more aggressive herbivores, similar to capybaras.
Kunekune are not to be confused with the New Zealand feral pig, which descends from breeds brought by European colonisers and is notably more aggressive and mobile.
