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
Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ), it has a population of 1,408,454, as of the 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of ...
in the central
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. This species previously treated to be a subspecies of ''S. philippensis'', was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
See also
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Wild pigs of the Philippines
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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 t ...
References
External links
Classificationon Animal Diversity
– ''Sus oliveri'' on list
Sus (genus)
Mammals of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fauna of Mindoro
Mammals described in 1997
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