General description
Previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, this species was shown to be morphologically and genetically different. Scientifically Sus oliveri, Oliver's warty pig or Mindoro warty pig is a small species of pig which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the central Philippines. This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
The Mindoro Warty Pig was recognized as a separate species from Sus philippensis. It is known from four skulls and a mounted head collected in 1993 now in the Field Museum in Chicago, USA.
Citations
Oliver, W. (2008). Sus oliveri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
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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.
Jump up ^ 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.
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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/S0952836905006588.6: 25–35
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