The Philippines has four endemic types of species of wild pigs (). This makes the Philippines unique in having arguably the largest number of endemic wild pigs (Genus Sus).Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Status Survey and Action Plan, Chapter 5.6, Philippine Warty Pigs (1993) Two separate populations of unstudied wild pig species have been reported on the islands of Tawi-Tawi (near Sabah, Malaysia),Lucchini, V., Meijaard, E., Diong, C. H., Groves, C. P. & Randi, E. 2005. New phylogenetic perspectives among species of South-east Asian wild pig (Sus sp.) based on mtDNA sequences and morphometric data. Journal of Zoology 266, 25-35. and Tablas (in the central Philippines).Asian Wild Pig News, Asian Wild Pig Research and Conservation Group, Vol. 2 (1) (January 2002).
Hybridization with domestic pigs is becoming very common.
Philippine wild pig species Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) Oliver's warty pig (Sus oliveri) Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus) Bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
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