Oliver's warty pig explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.

See also

• Wild pigs of the Philippines
• Philippine warty pig

External links

• Classification on Animal Diversity
• Ungulates of the world – Sus oliveri on list
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110927105244/http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/species/SP_231.asp

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01277.x . Groves, C.P. . 1997 . Taxonomy of wild pigs (Sus) of the Philippines . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 120 . 163–191 . 2 . free.
3. 10.1017/S0952836905006588 . Lucchini, V. . Meijaard, E. . Diong, C. H. . Groves, C. P. . Randi, E. . amp . 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.