Palawan bearded pig
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The Palawan bearded pig ( Sus ahoenobarbus ) is a species of mammal from the family of real pigs (Suidae) that lives in Southeast Asia . It used to be considered a subspecies of the bearded pig .
Palawan bearded pigs are endemic to the Philippines , they live on the island of Palawan and the offshore Balabac and Calamian islands. Outwardly, they resemble bearded pigs, but remain significantly smaller. Like them, they have whitish-yellow hair on their trunk, from which they owe their name, and a gray-brown, bristle-like fur. Little is known about the way of life.
Due to hunting and the destruction of their habitat, the species is classified as near threatened by the IUCN .
literature
- DE Wilson & DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4