Visayan Warty Pig
“ I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk. ”
– Criss Jami
Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genius: Sus
Species: Sus cebifrons
Descendant: pigs
Named by: Pierre Marie Heude
Year Published: 1888
Size: 30-40 cm tall in height; 68-100 cm long in length; 24-44 kg in weight
Lifespan: 10 to 15+ years
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Pigs)
Title:
Mohawk Haired Pig
Visayan Pig
Pantheon: Filipino
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Curious
Threat Level: ★★★★
Diet: Omnivorous
Elements: n/a
Inflicts: n/a
Weaknesses: Fire, air, electric, ice, arcane
Casualties: n/a
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered (CR) - IUCN Red List
Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines. This pig is critically endangered due to habitat loss and hunting.
Etymology
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Physical Appearance
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.
Abilities
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).
Ecology
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.
Behavior
Nothing else, and ran away from attacks. Only males are fighting against other pig species and including its own.
Distribution and Habitat
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)
Introduced: Britain (England, Scotland, Wales); Germany; Hungary; United States
Berbania: worldwide
Reinachos: Horatio
Tamed
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Lore
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.
Chronological Appears
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Foreign Languages
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Trivia
The first ever pig species drawn by Ognimdo2002 into his drawings.