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Bearded Pig
Sus barbatus
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Suidae
- Genus
- Sus
- IUCN status
- VU
- Distribution
- Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Habitat
- Rainforest and mangrove forest
- Range
- Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula and smaller islands such as the Sulu archipelago
The Bornean bearded pig, also known as the Sunda bearded pig or simply bearded pig, is a pig of the genus Sus, recognised by its prominent beard; it sometimes also has tassels on its tail. It is found in Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula and various smaller islands such as Tawi-Tawi in the Sulu archipelago, where it inhabits rainforests and mangrove forests (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in family groups, can reproduce from the age of 18 months, and can cross-breed with other species in the pig family (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)