Critically Endangered
Visayan warty pig
Sus cebifrons
The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus).
The mammal
Visayan warty pig is a mammal in the family Suidae (order Artiodactyla) — Sus cebifrons.
Range and habitat
The Visayan warty pig is endemic to six islands in the Philippines: Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor. It is believed to be extinct in all the other islands, although there is a possibility of some surviving populations in Masbate. It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines.
It is known by many names in the region (depending on the island and linguistic group) with most translating into 'wild pig': baboy ilahas ('wild pig' in Hiligaynon, Cebuano and Waray), baboy talonon ('forest pig' in Hiligaynon), baboy sulop ('dark pig' in Cebuano), and baboy ramo ('wild boar' in Waray). 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.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
The diet of the pig mainly consists of roots, tubers, and fruits that can be found in the forest. Since approximately 95% of their natural habitat has been cleared by local farmers who cut down the forest to plant crops, the propensity of the pigs to eat cultivated crops has risen dramatically.
The current conservation program for S. C. Negrinus includes successful breeding programs at the Rotterdam Zoo for pigs of Negros origin, and at the San Diego Zoo for pigs of Panay origin.
In crisis
The Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). The Visayan warty pig is critically endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. Due to the small numbers of remaining Visayan warty pigs in the wild, little is known of their behaviors or characteristics outside of captivity.
The biggest threat to the Visayan warty pig is habitat loss caused by commercial logging and slash-and-burn farming. In total, it is extinct in 98% of its original native range due to loss of forest cover.
Visayan warty pig is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Visayan warty pig, Wikidata item Q859200. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
