Oliver's warty pig | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | Sus |
Species: | S. oliveri
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Binomial name | |
Sus oliveri
Groves, 1997
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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.
Oliver's warty pig | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.