Wild pigs of the Philippines
The Philippines (Filipino: Baboy Ramo or Baboy Damo) has five endemic species of wild pigs. 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]
Unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, the Philippines does not have a native population (or endemic subspecies) of the widely distributed Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa).
Hybridization with domestic pigs Sus domesticus are becoming rampant.
Endemic Philippine wild pig species
- Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus)
- Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus barbatus)
- Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons negrinus)
- Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)
- Sus philippensis philippensis
- Sus philippensis mindanensis
- Oliver's warty pig (Mindoro warty pig) (Sus oliveri)
References
- ↑ Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Status Survey and Action Plan, Chapter 5.6, Philippine Warty Pigs (1993)
- ↑ http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/index.html
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Asian Wild Pig News, Asian Wild Pig Research and Conservation Group, Vol. 2 (1) (January 2002).
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