Negros Warty Pig/Visayan Warty Pig

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Visayan warty pig receives its name from the three pairs of fleshy "warts" present on the visage of the boar. Biologists speculate that the reason for the warts is to assist as a natural defense against the tusks of rival pigs during a fight. The boars also grow stiff spiky hair.

Visayan warty pigs were the first wild pig species ever to be recorded using tools for digging at a French zoo (known as Jardin des Plantes).

Visayan warty pigs tend to live in groups of four to six. The diet of the pig mainly consists of roots, tubers, and fruits that can be found in the forest. They may also eat cultivated crops. 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. They play a key role in dispersing seeds of some plant species within the chain of islands in the Philippines. Visayan warty pigs in the wild require dense forested areas as well as grasslands.

It can persist in some degraded habitats such as cogon grasslands as long as there are areas of dense cover, though there is some evidence to suggest that pigs surviving in largely denuded areas are predominately composed of feral animals of mixed origin.

Nothing else, and ran away from attacks. Only males are fighting against other pig species and including its own.

It is believed to be extinct in four of the islands in its original native range, with only small surviving populations in Negros and Panay. Due to the small numbers of remaining Visayan warty pigs in the wild, little is known of their behaviors or characteristics outside of captivity. Originally this species occurred in primary and secondary forest from sea-level to mossy forest at 1,600 m asl. Now it occurs mostly above 800 m asl, as there are relatively few patches of suitable habitat in the lowlands.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Population Trend: Decreasing

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Terrestrial

• Habitat: All

• Earth: 

  • Extant (Resident): Philippines (Guimaras, Negros, Panay, Masbate)

  • Possibly Extinct: Philippines (Siquijor, Ticao Islands)

  • Extinct: Philippines (Cebu)

  • Extant & Introduced: Britain (England, Scotland, Wales); Germany; Hungary; United States

• Berbania: 

  • Extant & Introduced (Resident): worldwide

• Reinachos: 

  • Extant & Introduced (Resident): Horatio

Although they can be difficult to care for and demand a long-term commitment, pigs and boars can be kept as pets. Due to their aggressiveness and unpredictability, wild boars and farm pigs are generally neither safe nor recommended as pets. It might be challenging to provide for the unique demands of wild boars in a home environment. But a potato, carrot, tomato, or even meat can be used to tame a wild animal.

The popularity of pigs and boars as pets has increased dramatically in recent years, and many pig lovers have bought "mini" or "micro" pigs to keep as companion animals in their homes. In addition to being adorable, these wild creatures may be rewarding and fascinating company due to their friendly and inquisitive nature.

In 2012 the Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition undertook camera trapping in the Northern Negros Natural Park and gained the first photos taken in the wild of the Visayan warty pig. 

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• The first ever pig species drawn by Ognimdo2002 into his drawings.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayan_warty_pig

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayan_warty_pig

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/endangered-warty-pigs-mohawks-philippines

• https://www.wisesayings.com/pig-quotes/#ixzz6pHPPykx9

• https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21175/44139575

• https://www.flamingoland.co.uk/zoo/animals/mammals/visayan-warty-pig/

• https://ph.news.yahoo.com/pigs-recorded-using-tools-first-152637752.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMPN4OX8BcueUIYhjaMN02w2_6ccMox2h-JleIsAFukjHrgxWIDHT4Zvq-bfaUeQhLglgvofLak-2aHxySRwdbXQspdPsjTdw1dFmAgHeoS4Up3eOtV_vt7HqUP3nwybr3NLIC3Gv4WsiNFGP-3MN0E3d2wgLXG6-GzVGW-BKP6u

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Visayan-Warty-Pig-873397241