Babyrousa bolabatuensis

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Babyrousa bolabatuensis
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla (Artiodactyla)
Subordination : Pig-like (Suina)
Family : Real pigs (Suidae)
Genre : Buck boar ( Babyrousa )
Type : Babyrousa bolabatuensis
Scientific name
Babyrousa bolabatuensis
( Hooijer , 1950)

Babyrousa bolabatuensis is a supposedly extinct species of the deer boar (genus Babyrousa ). She still inhabited the southwest of the island of Sulawesi in the Holocene. A single find suggests that the species in the central part of Sulawesi could have survived to this day.

features

Since the species is only known from bone finds, statements on the characteristics are only possible to a limited extent. Measurements of the teeth showed similarities with the Moluccan deer boar .

distribution

The species still inhabited southern Sulawesi in the Holocene . Here, subfossil remains are known from the Bola Batu caves near Watampone . A single skull found a few years ago in the central part of the island, near Kulawi , could be attributed to this shape and indicates that the species may still exist.

Way of life

Nothing is known about the way of life. It can be assumed that the animals, like other deer boars, lived in rainforest areas and ate an omnivorous diet.

Systematics

This boar was originally described as a subspecies of Babyrousa bayrussa , the species that originally included all boar . It was later divided into several species, including B. bolabatuensis .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b E. Meijaard, JP d'Huart, WLR Oliver: Babirusa. (Babyrousa) In: DE Wilson, RA Mittermeier (Ed.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4 , pp. 274-276.
  2. ↑ Colin P. Groves and Peter Grubb: Chapter 5.1: The Eurasian Suids Sus and Babyrussa . Taxonomy and Description. In: IUCN / SSC Pigs and Peccaries Specialist Group (1993): Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos. Edited by William LR Oliver. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, ISBN 2-8317-0141-4
  3. ↑ Babyrousa togeanensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2. Listed by: Macdonald, AA, Burton, J. & Leus, K., 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2012.