Babi domestik sering dianggap sebagai subspesies dari [[babi hutan]], yang diberi nama ''Sus scrofa'' oleh [[Carl Linnaeus]] pada 1758 setelah ini, nama resmi babi domestik adalah ''Sus scrofa domesticus''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Sus+scrofa+domestica|title=Taxonomy Browser|website=ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref><ref name="gentry">{{cite journal|author1=Anthea Gentry |author2=Juliet Clutton-Brock |author3=Colin P. Groves |year=2004 |title=The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=645–651645–651 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006 |url=http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/J%20Arch%20Sci.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408044739/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/J%20Arch%20Sci.pdf |archivedate= 8 April 2011 }}</ref> Namun, pada 1777, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben mengklasifikasikan babi domestik sebagai [[spesies]] terpisah dari babi hutan. Dia memberinya nama ''Sus domesticus'', yang masih digunakan oleh beberapa ahli [[taksonomi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Sus+scrofa+domestica|title=Taxonomy Browser|website=ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref><ref name="gentry">{{cite journal|author1=Anthea Gentry |author2=Juliet Clutton-Brock |author3=Colin P. Groves |year=2004 |title=The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=645–651645–651 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006 |url=http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/J%20Arch%20Sci.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408044739/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/J%20Arch%20Sci.pdf |archivedate= 8 April 2011 }}</ref> namun,pada 1777, [[:en:Johann_Christian_Polycarp_Erxleben|Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben]] mengklasifikasikan babi domestik sebagai [[spesies]] terpisah dari babi hutan. Dia memberinya nama ''Sus domesticus'',nama ini masih dipakai oleh ahli [[taksonomi]].<ref>Corbet and Hill (1992), referred to in {{MSW3|id=14200054}}</ref><ref name="gentry2">{{cite journal|author1=Anthea Gentry|author2=Juliet Clutton-Brock|author3=Colin P. Groves|year=1996|title=Proposed conservation of usage of 15 mammal specific names based on wild species which are antedated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals|journal=Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature|volume=53|pages=28–3728–37|url=http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/67/bc/62/67bc62b581bd1e69e143ba23a7cbc068.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014065032/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/67/bc/62/67bc62b581bd1e69e143ba23a7cbc068.pdf|archivedate=14 October 2014|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.14102}}</ref>
