Sus cebifrons
Heude, 1888. Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2, pl. 17, fig. 5.


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ORDER—ARTIODACTYLA
FAMILY—Suidae

COMMON NAME—Visayan warty pig.

DISTRIBUTION—Negros-Panay Faunal Region only. Specimens have been taken from Masbate (FMNH), and Negros (FMNH). It is also reported from Cebu, Guimaras, and Panay Islands (Oliver, 1992; Oliver et al., 1993b).

HABITAT—Originally in primary and secondary forest from sea level to mossy forest at 1600 m; now found only above 800 m.

STATUS—Extinct on Cebu and Guimaras. Heavily hunted and increasingly rare; now hybridizing with domestic pigs (Oliver, 1992). IUCN: Critically endangered.

COMMENT—Recognized as a distinct species by Groves and Grubb (1993) and Grubb (1993).



©2002 (photograph by L. Heaney)

©2002 (photograph by L. Heaney)

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