Oliver's warty pig
| Oliver's warty pig | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | S. oliveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sus oliveri Groves, 1997
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Oliver's warty pig or the 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 Philippines. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the Philippine warty pig (S. philippensis), however it was shown to be morphologically and genetically distinct.[2][3][4]
The species is heavily hunted by the local people and is extremely rare.
See also
- Wild pigs of the Philippines
References
- ^ Schütz, E. (2016). "Sus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T136340A44142784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136340A44142784.en.
- ^ Grubb, P. (2005). "Species Sus oliveri". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Groves, C.P. (1997). "Taxonomy of wild pigs (Sus) of the Philippines". 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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