Oliver's warty pig
| Oliver's warty pig (Mindoro warty pig) | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | Sus oliveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sus oliveri Groves, 1997 | |
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
- ↑ Oliver, W. (2008). Sus oliveri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered.
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (2): 163–191. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01277.x.
- ↑ 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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