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    The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species found in the Philippines. It lives in social groups of 3-12 individuals and communicates constantly through squeaks, grunts, and chirps. Females give birth to 2-4 piglets after a 118 day gestation period. Major threats include widespread deforestation and habitat loss, as well as hunting for food and as agricultural pests. Only an estimated 200 Visayan warty pigs remain in the wild.

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    The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species found in the Philippines. It lives in social groups of 3-12 individuals and communicates constantly through squeaks, grunts, and chirps. Females give birth to 2-4 piglets after a 118 day gestation period. Major threats include widespread deforestation and habitat loss, as well as hunting for food and as agricultural pests. Only an estimated 200 Visayan warty pigs remain in the wild.

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    The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species found in the Philippines. It lives in social groups of 3-12 individuals and communicates constantly through squeaks, grunts, and chirps. Females give birth to 2-4 piglets after a 118 day gestation period. Major threats include widespread deforestation and habitat loss, as well as hunting for food and as agricultural pests. Only an estimated 200 Visayan warty pigs remain in the wild.

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    Visayan Warty

    Pig
    Classification
    Scientific name: Sus cebifrons
    Kingdom: Animalia 
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Mammalia
    Order: Artiodactyla
    Suborder: Suiformes
    Family: Suidae
    Tribe: Suini
    Genus: Sus
    • The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically
    endangered species in the pig genus (Sus).
    The visayan warty pig is a small, forest-dwelling
    pig, little known, and only recently recognized as a
    distinct species. The males or boars are much larger
    than the females or sows, and, unique amongst wild
    pigs, grow crests and manes during the breeding
    season that are as long as 23 cm. They are named
    after the islands where they live, and because of the
    three pairs of “warts” on the face of male pigs,
    which may help protect their face when fighting.
    Habits and Lifestyle
    There is little information about Visayan warty
    pigs in the wild. They live in social groups which are
    called sounders. An adult male with females and their
    young comprise a typical group. Family groups typically
    have three to six members, though they may have up to
    a dozen. Males may live on their own or in
    bachelor groups. This species lives a highly social life,
    usually foraging in family groups, communicating
    constantly with squeaks, grunts and chirrups. They are not
    territorial and have overlapping home ranges, sharing
    feeding, resting watering and wallowing areas. Their activity is
    nocturnal or crepuscular; they rest in hollows during the day.
    Mating Habits

    • REPRODUCTION SEASON January-March


    • PREGNANCY DURATION 118 days
    • BABY CARRYING 2-4 piglets
    • INDEPENDENT AGE 6 months
    • FEMALE NAME Sow
    • MALE NAME Boar
    • BABY NAME piglet, shoat
    Little is known about the mating system in Visayans as
    there have been no detailed studies of their biology. It was
    only recently established as a separate species. After about
    118 days of gestation, females exhibit nesting behavior.
    Their litters are usually two to four in number, the piglets
    being born in the dry season - January to March. A female
    can bear young every eight to twelve months. They carefully
    protect their piglets, which start eating solids at a week old
    and are weaned at about six months old. Juveniles gradually
    lose their stripes and after a year have adult coloration.
    Females are sexually mature when two or three years old,
    however, in captivity females can conceive as early as
    twelve months. Males are sexually mature at two years old.
    Population
    Population threats

    The Visayan warty pig is extinct on 3 of


    the 6 main islands where it lived, and is in danger of
    disappearing from the fourth. Deforestation has been
    widespread, and so habitat loss is one
    of the major causes of the sharp decline in
    numbers, along with hunting. Interbreeding with domestic pigs is a
    further threat. They are also killed by local farmers, who seem them
    as pests; they are hunted extensively for local consumption, caught in
    wire snares and pitfall traps, and sometimes killed by explosive
    baiting devices that are buried in the ground, and are excavated when
    rooting.
    • Population number
    No estimate of population size is available for this
    species. According to the Chester Zoo resource, 200 pigs
    only are thought to survive in the Philippines in their native
    habitat. Currently this species is classified as Critically
    Endangered ( CR ) on the IUCN Red List and its numbers
    continue to decrease.

    • Ecological niche
    Visayan warty pigs appear to play a major role in
    dispersing the seeds of some species of plants.
    Diet and Nutrition
    Visayan warty pigs are omnivores but they mostly eat a wide
    variety of forest food: fruits, roots and tubers, and will sometimes
    plunder cultivated cereal and vegetable crops.
    THANK YOU
    Prepared by:
    MARIEL
    ABOC-BACONUA
    SANTILLAN

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