Biology:Wild pigs of the Philippines

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Short description: Four endemic species


The Philippines has four endemic types of species of wild pigs (Filipino: baboy ramo). 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

  1. ↑ Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Status Survey and Action Plan, Chapter 5.6, Philippine Warty Pigs (1993)
  2. ↑ "Synopsis of Philippine Mammals". 2011-05-15. http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/index.html. 
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Asian Wild Pig News, Asian Wild Pig Research and Conservation Group, Vol. 2 (1) (January 2002).

External links

  • [1] last accessed 23 June 2011.



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