| Oliver's warty pig | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | S. oliveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sus oliveri Groves, 1997 | |
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| Synonyms | |
Verrucophorus oliveri | |
Oliver's warty pig orMindoro warty pig (Sus oliveri) is a small species in the pig genus (Sus) which can only be found on the island ofMindoro in the centralPhilippines. This species previously treated to be a subspecies ofS. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.[2][3][4]
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
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