Visayan Warty Pig

Sus Cebifrons

By: Shelby Thiel

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Suidae

Genus: Sus

Species: Cebifrons

A small mammal usually as tall as2½ to 3 feet. It’s smaller in size andweight compared to other pigs. ItsFacial features are expressed with along nose and a big jawbone. IT hasvery thick, dark hair with a thin tail. Males are usually bigger.

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It’s 2 ½ to 3 feetTheir hair is Black and Rough

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The Visayan Warty Pig is a forest

dweller

The Visayan warty pig's diet includes cultivated vegetablesand fallen fruits.

The plight of the Visayan warty pigs is made worse due tothe negative attitudes of most local people towards them,because of the damage they cause to the crops of smallfarms. As a result, not only is there a lack of conservation measures to protect the pigs, but they are regarded as pests and fair game for hunting.

• The Visayan warty pig's diet includes cultivated

vegetables and fallen fruits.

• It gets food from scavenging the ground

The Visayan Warty Pig

lives in the forests of

the Visayan Islands

• Piglets are usually seen in the dry season (January - March in the Western Visayan Islands).

• The average number of piglets is probably about 3 - 4 per litter.

Much of the destruction of the forests of the Visayan Islands which are home to this pig, may be attributed to landless peasants and indigenous tribal groups who move into these areas to clear temporary agricultural plots known as kaingin. The soil of these plots is rapidly exhausted and new plots must be cleared every few years. Tropical storms wash the sparse topsoil off of the bare hillsides into the sea

The plight of the Visayan warty pigs is made worse due to the negative attitudes of most local people towards them, because of the damage they cause to the crops of small farms. As a result, not only is there a lack of conservation measures to protect the pigs, but they are regarded as pests and fair game for hunting

The animal can beconserved by having fines for disturbing or killing the Pigs.

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What I found at this site: Picture of Visayan Warty Pig

Name of site: La Zoo

Web Address : www.lazoo.org/whatsnewfiles/warties.htmlWhat I found at this site: Picture of two Visayan warty pigs

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http://www.canr.edu/nrme/programs/fores/images/forest.jpgWhat I found at this site: Background

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