Mindoro warty pig Sus oliveri (Groves, 1997)

Issue Date

1-2017

Abstract

Names Genus: Sus Linnaeus, 1758 Species: Mindoro Warty Pig Sus oliveri Groves, 1997 Names in other languages: Filipino: Baboy Damo (Tagalog), Beyek (Mangyan-Alangan); French: Sanglier de Mindoro; German: Mindoro Pustelschwein ; Italian: Cinghiale verrucoso di Mindoro, Cinghiale di Mindoro; Spanish: Jabalí verrugoso de Mindoro; Jabalí verrugoso de Oliver Other common names: Oliver’s Warty Pig Taxonomy Sus oliveri Groves (1997), type specimen Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) 148194 Mayapang, Rizal, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines (Figure 16.1). This taxon was recognized as a separate species from Philippine warty pig Sus philippensis according to Groves (2001). It is known from four skulls (three mature and one immature) and a mounted head collected in 1993 now in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, which constitutes the holotype (Grubb 2005; Oliver 2008). The species was named after British biologist and artist William L.R. Oliver renowned worldwide as a champion of wild pig conservation and a former Chairman of the Pigs and Peccaries Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN. Subspecies and Distribution Recognized as a distinct species by Groves (2001), Lucchini et al. (2005), and Grubb (2005). Formerly treated as a subspecies of S. philippensis (Heaney et al. 1998, 2010). There is no recognized subspecies, but it is closely related to the two subspecies of the Philippine warty pig - S. p. philippensis and S. p. mindanensis (Groves 1997, 2001). The species is endemic to the island of Mindoro where it was previously widely distributed and common (Figure 16.2 and Figure 16.3). Although still reported as common by local Mangyan (indigenous) and non-indigenous communities, encounters with the species are becoming less frequent. Most of the unconfirmed reports as well as tracks and visual observations by researchers are limited to areas adjacent to or inside forests. Recent observations have occurred during NOE Conservation exploratory surveys (2012-2015), Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) mammal surveys (2013-2015), and Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (MBCFI) site assessment surveys (2011-2013) in Aruyan-Malati Tamaraw Reservation Area, Balagit Valley, Bilog Sapa creek, upper Bongabong watershed, Busuanga River, Kinarawan River, Mapad Valley, Mongpong River and tributaries, Mt. Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt. Halcon, Mt. Iglit, Mt. Talafo, Mt. Tulala, Mt. Wood, Siburan Forest, and Tusk Peak (Lit et al. 2011; Balete et al. 2013a, 2013b, 2015; Tabaranza et al. 2013; MBCFI 2014; Schütz 2014, 2015a, 2015b, unpublished).

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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

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162-169

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Article

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English

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DOI:10.1017/9781316941232.018

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