Annamite pustular pig
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| Heude , 1892 |
The Annamite pustular pig ( Sus bucculentus ) is a controversial species of mammal from the family of real pigs (Suidae).
1892 were in the region of Annam in Vietnam two skulls of this type found. After that there was no more evidence, so that the species was already considered extinct. In 1995, however, the incomplete but fresh skull of a male cub was discovered in Laos , leading to the speculation that the species may still exist. More details are not known, the IUCN listed the species for a short time under “ data deficient ”, but now again under “extinct” ( extinct ).
The taxonomic status is also controversial. Genetic studies indicate that these animals could only be a variant of the wild boar , while other researchers consider the species to be conspecific with the Javanese pustular pig . A final clarification of this question will probably only bring further discoveries.
literature
- Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic reference . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (2 vols.)
- JH Robins, HA Ross, MS Allen, E. Matisoo-Smith: Taxonomy: Sus bucculentus revisited . In: Nature . tape 440 , 2006, pp. 7086 , PMID 16612336 .
