| Heude's pig | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Sus |
| Species: | S. bucculentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sus bucculentus Heude, 1892 | |
The Heude's pig (Sus bucculentus), also known as the Indochinese warty pig or Vietnam warty pig, is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Suidae. It is found in Laos and Vietnam. It is virtually unknown and was feared extinct, until the discovery of a skull from a recently killed individual in the Annamite Range, Laos, in 1995.[2] Recent evidence has suggested that the Heude's pig may be identical to (and consequently a synonym of) wild boars from Indochina east of the Mekong.[1]
References
- ^ a b Groves, C.P.P. & Oliver, W. (2008). "Sus bucculentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.
- ^ Groves, C.P; Schaller, G.B.; Amato, G.; Khounboline, K. (March 1997). "Rediscovery of the wild pig Sus bucculentus". Nature. 386 (6623): 335. Bibcode:1997Natur.386..335G. doi:10.1038/386335a0. S2CID 4264868.
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.