Visayan warty pig

The Visayan warty pig, Sus cebifrons, is a critically endangered species of wild pig in the genus Sus. It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines: Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras and Siquijor. It is believed to be extinct on four of these islands, and documented populations survive only on Negros and Panay. Its name comes from the three pairs of fleshy warts on the face of the boar, which may help to guard against the tusks of rival males in fights. Groups usually number four to six, and the diet is mainly roots, tubers and forest fruit. Habitat loss from commercial logging and slash and burn farming is the main threat, together with hunting and hybridisation with feral domestic pigs. Breeding programmes run in several zoos.