Wild pigs of the Philippines explained

The Philippines has four endemic types of species of wild pigs (Filipino; Pilipino: 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)

External links

• http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/species.asp#S last accessed 23 June 2011.

Notes and References

1. Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Status Survey and Action Plan, Chapter 5.6, Philippine Warty Pigs (1993)
2. Web site: Synopsis of Philippine Mammals . 2011-05-15 . 2020-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110518060042/http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/index.html . 18 May 2011 . dead.
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).