Oliver's Warty Pig
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Oliver's Warty Pig or Mindoro Warty Pig is a small species of pig which can only be found on the island of Mindoro
in the Central Philippines
. This species previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
Mindoro
Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea.-History:...
in the Central Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. This species previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
External links
- Classification on Animal Diversity
- Ungulates of the world - Sus oliveri on list
- http://www.fmnh.org/Philippine_Mammals/species/SP_231.asp