Palawan bearded pig: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Palawan bearded pig Sus ahoenobarbus Near threatened

Where the Palawan bearded pig lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 8 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See wild pigs & peccaries on the world map

Scientific name	Sus ahoenobarbus
Group	Wild pigs & peccaries
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Suidae

Where does the Palawan bearded pig live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Palawan bearded pig in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Palawan bearded pig endangered?

The Palawan bearded pig’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Palawan bearded pig?

The Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Suidae, genus Sus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Palawan bearded pig

The Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus) is a pig species in the genus Sus endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs on the archipelago of islands formed by Balabac, Palawan, and the Calamian Islands. It is 1 to 1.6 m (3.3 to 5.2 ft) in length, about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weigh up to 150 kg (330 lb).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Palawan bearded pig (revision 1314866119), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2047494 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).