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Visayan warty pig

Sus cebifrons

The Visayan warty pig is a special pig with unique bumps on its face! They are shy and love to roam in the forests of the Philippines, where they find tasty roots and fruits to eat.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Visayan warty pig has shaggy, bristly dark brown to black hair, often with a lighter belly. Males grow a distinctive mane down their back during breeding season and have three pairs of prominent warts on their faces.

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Visayan warty pig

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Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Visayan warty pigs are born with stripes, which help them blend into the forest!

Male Visayan warty pigs grow an impressive crest of bristly hair during mating season!

These pigs love to cool off and protect their skin by rolling around in thick, gooey mud!

They build cozy nests from leaves and grass to sleep and raise their piglets safely.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Warty Armor

Visayan warty pigs have facial warts that protect their faces during fights with other pigs.

Fähigkeit

Super Sniffer

Visayan warty pigs can sniff out hidden food like roots and insects deep underground with their strong noses.

Fähigkeit

Digging Dynamo

Visayan warty pigs have powerful snouts and neck muscles that help them dig for tasty tubers.

Maße und Details

Länge
90-120 cm
Gewicht
20-80 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
30 km/h
Wurfgröße
3-6
Tragzeit
118 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These adaptable pigs are omnivores, munching on roots, fruits, leaves, and even tiny critters.

Hauptnahrung

  • roots
  • tubers
  • fallen fruits
  • leaves
  • insects
  • earthworms

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Human

Homo sapiens

hunted for food

eaten by

Philippine Eagle

Pithecophaga jefferyi

preys on young piglets

eaten by

Reticulated Python

Python reticulatus

preys on young pigs

eats

Purple Yam

Dioscorea alata

roots for its tubers

eats

Philippine Chestnut

Castanopsis philippinensis

consumes fallen nuts

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Always watch from a distance and never try to touch wild animals.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Visayan warty pig?

90-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Visayan warty pig?

20-80 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Visayan warty pig?

10-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Visayan warty pig?

30 km/h

Was frisst Visayan warty pig?

These adaptable pigs are omnivores, munching on roots, fruits, leaves, and even tiny critters.

Wo findet man Visayan warty pig normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Visayan warty pig?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das wurfgröße von Visayan warty pig?

3-6

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