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ABSTRACT. Câmara Filho J.A., da Silva B.R.S.A., Silveira R.L. & Scherer P.O. [Morphological characteristics of the vascular distribution of the middle cerebral arteries of Sus scrofa, Linnaeus 1758 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla]. Características morfológicas da distribuição vascular das artérias cerebral média de Sus scrofa, Linnaeus 1758 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 35(1):7-10, 2013. Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ 24210-130, Brasil. E-mail: jurabreu@vm.uff.br The present study describes the distribution of the middle cerebral arteries of the brain of wild boar Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758, Suidae. For so, were used the brains of five male and five female and injected with colored latex to highlight the arteries. The arterial supply to the brain was described and morphological analysis was made.