Oliver's Warty Pig
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| Sus oliveri Groves, 1997 |
Oliver's Warty Pig (Sus oliveri), or Mindoro Warty Pig is a small species of pig from tropical Asia. Oliver's Warty Pig can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the Central Philippines. This is a separate species from S. philippensis according to Colin Groves, as shown by differences in the skull and skin.
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- Classification on Animal Diversity
- Ungulates of the world - Sus oliveri on list
[edit] References
- ^ (2008). Sus oliveri. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 5 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
- 1. Grubb, P. 2005. Order Artiodactyla. Pp. 637-722 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed.
- 2. Groves, C.P. 1997. Taxonomy of wild pigs (Sus) of the Philippines. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:163-191.
- 3. Article about Sus oliveri is on the German Wikipedia.
