Philippine warty pig

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Philippine Warty Pig
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Genus: Sus
Species: S. philippensis
Binomial name
Sus philippensis
Nehring, 1886

The Philippine warty pig (Filipino: Baboy damo) is found in the islands of Luzon, Biliran, Mindoro, Mindanao and Polillo. It is closely related to Sus barbatus and was thought to be a sub-species like the Palawan bearded pig Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus. It was once found in most habitats (from sea level to up to 2800 m) but are now confined in remote forests due to loss of habitat and heavy hunting by noose traps or trigger set bullets. It is now extinct in the island of Marinduque.

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