Visayan warty pig
sus cebifrons latin

Visayan warty pigs tend to live in groups of four to six.

The Visayan warty pig is endemic to six islands in the Philippines.

Since 1991 the range of the species has severely decreased and is now almost co-extensive with that of the Visayan warty pig.

The Visayan Warty pig is enough like the bearded pig to have been, for all these years, classified as one.

Visayan warty pig Sus cebifrons.

Due to the small numbers of remaining Visayan warty pigs in the wild, little is known of their behaviors or characteristics outside of captivity.

Fauna found in the area include the Visayan warty pig, snakes, lizards, hawks, frogs, hornbill and monkeys.

Visayan Warty Pigs were introduced to the zoo in June 2008, and replaced the dingo exhibit.

The Visayan warty pig, Sus cebifrons, is a critically endangered species of pig.

The main species, Sus cebifrons, the Visayan warty pig, still found in the Philippines, is itself facing extinction.

The Visayan warty pig receives its name from the three pairs of fleshy "warts" present on the visage of the boar.

Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)

There are two species of endangered wild pigs in the Asian Pigs exhibit: babirusas and Visayan warty pigs.

Animals formerly displayed in forest zone include maned wolves, babirusa, visayan warty pigs, ring-tailed coatis and bactrian camels.

Because "other species such as the Visayan warty pigs and civet cats have distinctly different scat", the team were confident that the pellets belonged to the deer.

The San Diego Zoo was the first zoo outside the Philippines to keep and breed Visayan Warty Pigs.

Visayan warty pig piglets are often seen during the dry season between the months of January and March in their native habitat of the western Visayan Islands.

Other animals include civets, Rufous Hornbill, ostrich, monitor lizards, myna, iguana, squirrel, turtles, peacock, deer and a Visayan warty pig.

Among the four mammals initially identified in the area are the Visayan spotted deer and the Visayan warty pig, both endangered and found only in the western Visayas.

After much detective work, discussion and hard thinking, taxonomists have effectively promoted the Visayan warty pig of the central Philippines from a subspecies of bearded pig to a full fledged species in its own right.

Because the land that is cleared for farming is often unproductive after a few years, the food sources of the Visayan warty pig are extremely limited, a factor that has contributed significantly to the pig's dwindling numbers.

Endemic species include the tamaraw of Mindoro, the Visayan spotted deer, the Philippine mouse deer, the Visayan warty pig, the Philippine flying lemur, and several species of bats.

Some of the endangered and rare animals are Tarictic Hornbills, Philippine Spotted Deers, Visayan Warty Pigs, Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit Bats, and Negros Bleeding-hearts.

Monkey Trails is home primarily to monkeys such as guenons, mangabeys and the colorful mandrill, but it also showcases many other species of animals, such as pigs like red river hogs, Bornean Bearded Pigs, and Visayan Warty Pigs.

The Visayan warty pig is endemic to two of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines, and is threatened by habitat loss, food shortages and hunting - these are the leading causes of the Visayan warty pig's status as critically endangered.

Visayan warty pig Sus cebifrons.

The Visayan warty pig, Sus cebifrons, is a critically endangered species of pig.

Cebu warty pig (Sus cebifrons cebifrons) (believed to be extinct)

The main species, Sus cebifrons, the Visayan warty pig, still found in the Philippines, is itself facing extinction.

Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)

The Cebu warty pig (Sus cebifrons cebifrons) previously lived in Cebu, Philippines before becoming extinct in modern times, primarily due to habitat destruction.