Oliver's warty pig

Oliver's warty pig
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Genus:	Sus
Species:	S. oliveri
Binomial name
Sus oliveri Groves, 1997
Synonyms
Verrucophorus oliveri

Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig (Sus oliveri) is a small species in the pig genus ( Sus ) which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the central Philippines. This species previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.

See also

• Wild pigs of the Philippines
• Philippine warty pig

References

1. Schütz, E. (2016). "Sus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136340A44142784. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136340A44142784.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. Groves, C.P. (1997). "Taxonomy of wild pigs (Sus) of the Philippines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 120 (2): 163–191. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01277.x .
4. Lucchini, V.; Meijaard, E.; Diong, C. H.; Groves, C. P. & Randi, E. (2005). "New phylogenetic perspectives among species of South-east Asian wild pig (Sus sp.) based on mtDNA sequences and morphometric data". Journal of Zoology. 266: 25–35. doi:10.1017/S0952836905006588.

External links

• Classification on Animal Diversity
• Ungulates of the world – Sus oliveri on list