Java warty pig

Javanese warty (Sus verrucosus )

The Javan Warty Pig (Sus verrucosus ) is a species of mammal living in Indonesia from the family of the Real pigs ( Suidae ).

Features

The coat color of the Javanese warty pigs varies from reddish to black, the underside is yellowish and sharply demarcated from the top. Typical of this type are the mane that runs along the neck, the slender, relatively long legs and the rather long tail. The head is large, the face elongated and provided as with all Pustelschweinen with three pairs of pustelförmiger swelling. These animals can reach a body length 90-190 cm and a weight of 45-110 kg, with males are significantly heavier than the females.

Distribution and habitat

Javan warty pigs are on the Indonesian island of Java and Madura islands like. Their habitat is forests to 800 meters above sea level.

Way of life

Javan warty pigs live in family groups that consist of the females and their offspring; adult males live mostly solitary. They are more crepuscular or nocturnal and are like most pigs omnivorous, feeding on roots, fruits, small animals and carrion.

Not much is known about the reproduction. The gestation period is around four months, the litter size is three to nine ( average six ) and most births fall in the rainy season between January and March.

Javan warty pigs and humans

The island of Java, the home of these animals is colonized extremely dense which has meant that their habitat is increasingly limited and fragmented. There are also the hunting and the risk of hybridization with feral pigs. This has meant that the nature of the IUCN as endangered ( endangered ) is performed.

2007 has been launched in collaboration of the Los Angeles Zoo and the Zoological Society for the Protection of Species and Populations ( ZGAP ) a conservation breeding program for this species. In Cikananga Wildlife Center in Java, about 200 kilometers south of the capital Jakarta, animals are bred in captivity in order to both study the biology of these barely documented way as to allow a reintroduction of these animals.