Wild pigs of the Philippines
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The Philippines has four endemic types of species of wild pigs (Template:Langx). This makes the Philippines unique in having arguably the largest number of endemic wild pigs (Genus Sus).[1][2] Two separate populations of unstudied wild pig species have been reported on the islands of Tawi-Tawi (near Sabah, Malaysia),[3] and Tablas (in the central Philippines).[4]
Hybridization with domestic pigs is becoming very common.
Philippine wild pig species
- Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons)
- Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)
- Oliver's warty pig (Sus oliveri)
- Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus)
- Bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
References
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- ↑ Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Status Survey and Action Plan, Chapter 5.6, Philippine Warty Pigs (1993)
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- ↑ Lucchini, V., Meijaard, E., Diong, C. H., Groves, C. P. & Randi, E. 2005. New phylogenetic perspectives among species of South-east Asian wild pig (Sus sp.) based on mtDNA sequences and morphometric data. Journal of Zoology 266, 25-35.
- ↑ Asian Wild Pig News, Asian Wild Pig Research and Conservation Group, Vol. 2 (1) (January 2002).
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External links
- [1] last accessed 23 June 2011.