Oliver's warty pig, also called the Mindoro warty pig, Sus oliveri, is a small species of wild pig that is found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It was once treated as a subspecies of the Philippine warty pig but was shown to be morphologically and genetically distinct. It was formerly widespread and common on Mindoro, but surveys now place it in higher habitats above about 800 metres in the central and northwestern mountain ranges, and encounters are becoming less frequent. It is presumed to feed on tubers, fallen fruit and invertebrates, and it also raids root crops in upland fields. Deforestation, hybridisation with domestic pigs and heavy hunting for food, the bushmeat trade and ceremonies threaten it, and it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Classification
Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 ThreatsInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases 1 Relationship to People Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 1 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Connections
Child Taxon Of
Suidae, Taxa Source GBIF: GBIF species match: Sus oliveri
In Biome
Source Oliver's warty pig (Wikipedia)
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which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines
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which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines
Ecology
Sus oliveri is presumed to feed on a variety of plant material, such as tubers, fallen fruit, and invertebrates.
Conservation
Threats to the species include deforestation (leading to population fragmentation), genetic contamination via hybridization with domestic pigs, and hunting.
Conservation, relationship to people
The species is widely hunted for food, the bushmeat trade, and indigenous ceremonies.
Ecology, relationship to people
It has also been reported to feed on root crops in indigenous upland crop fields
Range and habitat
More recent surveys have found that its range has now been reduced to habitats in higher elevations
View the Source2. iNaturalist: iNaturalist taxon record: Sus oliveri
iNaturalistTaxon record, extinct flagQuote, Taxon record, extinct flag
"extinct": false
3. GBIF: GBIF IUCN Red List category record: Sus oliveri
GBIFIUCN Red List category recordQuote, IUCN Red List category record
"category": "VULNERABLE"
4. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt row Sus oliveri, Activity columns
Sus oliveri Suidae 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 10 60 Ref_2 D1 G A 1 1 0 Ref_2 D1 73569.74 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
MamFuncDat.txt row Sus oliveri, BodyMass column
Sus oliveri Suidae 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 10 60 Ref_2 D1 G A 1 1 0 Ref_2 D1 73569.74 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
View the Source GBIF: GBIF species match: Sus oliveri
GBIFChild Taxon Of: Suidae, Match record, family
"family": "Suidae"
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Match record, order
"order": "Artiodactyla"
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