Philippine warty pig

The Philippine warty pig, Sus philippensis, is one of four wild pig species in the genus Sus that are endemic to the Philippines. It has black or dark brown fur, tufts of hair on the crown of the head and on the lower jaw, and four facial warts in males, which also have tusks and larger skulls than females. The German zoologist Alfred Nehring described it in 1886. The original range covered the western islands of the Philippines, including Luzon, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao and others, and it is locally extinct on Marinduque. It was once found from sea level up to about 2,800 metres but is now confined to remote forests because of habitat fragmentation, heavy hunting and African swine fever. It is considered Vulnerable by the IUCN, its population is declining, and it is probably nocturnal.