Oliver's warty pig

The Mindoro Warty Pig (Sus oliveri ) is a newly discovered species of mammal from the family of the Real pigs ( Suidae ).

Of this kind four skulls and a part of the coat have so far been found, all on to the Philippines belonging to Mindoro Island. The coat, which is from a head is black and has some yellow Einsprenkelungen on. In the structure of the skull, there are differences to the Philippine Pustelschweins, the findings have been previously assigned. He is elongated and more bent down and has some more differences on.

In 1997, the Mindoro Warty Pig was described as a subspecies of the Philippines - Pustelschweins, as the different types of pigs of the Philippines were examined morphologically. That the findings of a new kind are to you, it was announced in 2001. It was named after William Oliver, Head of the " Pigs & peccaries Specialist Group " by the IUCN, Sus oliveri. This species is threatened by the progressive deforestation on their home island.