Visayan warty pig

Visayan Warty Pig

The Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons ) is an endemic species of mammal in the Philippines from the family of the Real pigs ( Suidae ). It is threatened with extinction. Local names used in the Visayas for the Visayan Warty Pig are Baboy Ihalas, Manggalisak Banban, Baboy Talunon, Bakatin.

Features

Visayan warty pigs reach a body length of 80 to 100 centimeters, a shoulder height of about 60 centimeters and a weight of 30 to 70 kilograms. Their fur is dark brown in color, the males are also characterized by a neck mane, which continues along the back. As with all Pustelschweinen has her face on three pairs of pustular swelling.

Distribution and habitat

These pigs are located in the Visayas, a Philippine archipelago. Today, they still live in the Central Panay Mountains on the island of Panay and the areas around the volcanoes Mandalagan, Cuernos de Negros and Silay limited to Negros, on the island of Cebu and some smaller islands, they are extinct. Their habitat is forests, mainly rain forests.

Way of life

Little is known about the habits of Visayan warty pigs. According to reports, they live in family groups of four to five animals, sometimes one can see solitary males. You are like most pigs omnivorous, feeding on fruits, roots, insects, eggs, small vertebrates and carrion.

Visayan warty pigs and humans

Like many other mammals of the Philippines is in danger of extinction, the Visayan Warty Pig. The reasons for this are on the one hand in the progressive destruction of their habitat, on the other hand in the hunting - the animals are persecuted because they devastate plantations. Today there are still remnants in the west of Panay and in the protected areas Northern Negros Natural Park, Mount Kanlaon Natural Park and Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park in Negros, it also run small breeding programs. Nevertheless, the survival of the species is questionable, the IUCN lists it as threatened with extinction ( critically endangered ).