Philippine warty pig: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Philippine warty pig live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Philippine warty pig in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Philippines.

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 Philippine warty pig endangered?

The Philippine warty pig’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Philippine warty pig?

The Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Suidae, genus Sus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Philippine warty pig

The Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) is one of four known species in the pig genus (Sus) endemic to the Philippines. They have tufts of hair on the top of their head and on the lower sides of their jaws, as well as four warts on their faces. Their skulls are elongated; males have tusks and bigger skulls than females, an example of sexual dimorphism. They are considered Vulnerable by the IUCN, and their population is currently declining due to multiple threats. The pigs are probably nocturnal.

The species was scientifically described in 1886 by Alfred Nehring. There are three recognized subspecies; two of which were described in the nineteenth century, and the third in 2008 based on skeletal remains.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Philippine warty pig (revision 1371444176), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q260587 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).