Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis) |Size||Male total
length: 127 – 129 cm (2)| Female total length: 124 – 125 cm (2)
Male tail length: 13 – 14 cm (2) Female tail length: 11 – 12 cm
(2) Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1).
The robustly built Philippine warty pig has a coarse, bristly,
blackish coat with a scattering of silvery white hairs on the
sides. Long, stiff hairs form a crest running down the middle of
the back (2), which is particularly conspicuous in males during
the breeding season when if forms a prominent mane over the head
crest and neck (2) (3). The medium-length tail has a tuft of
long, black hairs at the tip (2) (3), used to swat away flies
and signal mood (4). The Philippine warty pig has a long snout,
terminating in a flat, mobile disc with the nostrils in the
centre (2). The teeth are well-developed, with the large upper
and lower canines forming laterally and upwardly protruding
tusks in males (3). It has relatively small eyes and ears, and
its narrow feet have