Visayan warty pig: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Visayan warty pig live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Visayan warty 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 Visayan warty pig endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Visayan warty pig?

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

About the Visayan warty pig

The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines. It is known by many names in the region (depending on the island and linguistic group) with most translating into 'wild pig': baboy ilahas ('wild pig' in Hiligaynon, Cebuano and Waray), baboy talonon ('forest pig' in Hiligaynon), baboy sulop ('dark pig' in Cebuano), and baboy ramo ('wild boar' in Waray).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Visayan warty pig (revision 1377515254), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q859200 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).