Pygmy hog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pygmy hog lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

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

Where does the pygmy hog live?

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

India

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 pygmy hog endangered?

The pygmy hog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pygmy hog?

The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Suidae, genus Porcula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pygmy hog

The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is a very small and endangered species of pig and the only species in the genus Porcula. Endemic to India, the pygmy hog is a suid native of the alluvial grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas, at elevations of up to 300 m (980 ft). Populations of pygmy hogs were once widespread in the tall, dense, wet grasslands in a narrow belt of the southern Himalayan foothills from north-western Uttar Pradesh to Assam, through southern Nepal and North Bengal, and possibly extending into contiguous habitats in southern Bhutan. Due to human encroachment and destruction of the pygmy hogs' natural habitat, the species was thought to have gone extinct in the early 1960s. However, in 1971, a small pygmy hog population was rediscovered as they were fleeing a fire near the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. Today, the only known population of pygmy hogs resides in Manas National Park. The population is threatened by livestock grazing, fires and poaching. With an estimated population of around 500 mature individuals, the pygmy hog is listed as a Endangered species on the IUCN Red List, and conservation efforts such as captive breeding and re-release programs are currently being employed.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pygmy hog (revision 1378386208), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q244447 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).