Biology:Oliver's warty pig
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Short description: Species of mammal
| Oliver's warty pig | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | S. oliveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sus oliveri Groves, 1997
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Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig (Sus oliveri) is a small species in the pig genus (Sus) which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the central Philippines . This species previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.[2][3][4]
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
See also
References
- ↑ Schütz, E. (2016). "Sus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136340A44142784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136340A44142784.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136340/44142784. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Grubb, P. 2005. "Order Artiodactyla". pp. 637–722 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed.
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (1997). "Taxonomy of wild pigs (Sus) of the Philippines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (2): 163–191. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01277.x. http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Philippine%20pigs.pdf.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1017/S0952836905006588.
External links
- Classification on Animal Diversity
- Ungulates of the world – Sus oliveri on list
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Wikidata ☰ Q1636807 entry
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