It is a variety of domestic pig modified by the human to achieve small sizes
The adult size of the mini pig, ie more than 5 years of age, must be less than 50.8 centimeters tall and its weight should oscillate around 68 kilograms of weight, and can live between 12 and 15 years. In addition this same association establishes a classification based on the races, with standards of measures, forms and sizes for each of them.
At 8 months of age, the piglets are approximately 47 centimeters tall, 88 centimeters long and weigh 16 kilograms, while a member of the same species raised on farms for consumption, weighs 70 kilograms at 4 months of age.