#porcula

[inatungulates]

Pygmy hog Porcula salvania

Observed by ehuetti, CC BY-NC

[gingerteaonthetardis]

i've had one tab open for three days that's just the wikipedia entry for pygmy hogs. my beloved little guys!!!!

porcula <3

[gasolineweirdo]

Pygmy hog, Porcula salvania

[nedsecondline]

Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro

Pygmy hogs are only found in the lush and dense grasslands of Manas National Park, a small protected region in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains. These shy tiny wild pigs are the smallest pigs in the world and also the most endangered, threatened by habitat loss for palm oil and meat agriculture. Help them to survive each time you shop and #BeVegan #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife Pygmy…

[the-faunal-frontier]

Porcula salvanius - Pygmy Hog

[cilginfizikcilervbi]

Dünyanın En Küçük Yaban Domuz Soyu Kurtarıldı

Dünyanın En Küçük Yaban Domuz Soyu Kurtarıldı

Dünyanın En Küçük Yaban Domuz Soyu Kurtarıldı Bilim insanları 1970’lerde Hindistan’da 65 santimetre uzunluğunda yaklaşık 8 kilo yaban domuzu türünü tesadüfen keşfettiler. Cüce yaban domuzu (Porcula salvania) keşfedildiği o günlerde nesli neredeyse tükenme noktasındaydı. Uzun süre çalışmalardan sonra riskten kurtarılan Cüce yaban domuzu Hindistan’ın kuzeydoğusunda doğal yaşam alanına…

[typhlonectes]

Pig in clover: how the world's smallest wild hog was saved from extinction

The pygmy hog is still endangered, a reintroduction program in India, has given it a greater chance of survival

The greyish brown pygmy hog (Porcula salvania), with its sparse hair and a streamlined body that is about the size of a cat’s, is the smallest wild pig in the world, and also one of its rarest, appearing on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list as endangered.

Named after the sal grasslands where they were first found, they once thrived in the lush plains of the sub Himalayas from Nepal to Uttar Pradesh. But today, there are thought to be less than 300 in the wild, in Assam, India.

The pygmy hog’s habitat has increasingly come under pressure from human encroachment, overgrazing and the clearing of land for agriculture. “The pygmy hog is the first to disappear when the habitat changes, unlike its cousin the wild boar which adapts well to changes in its environment,” says Dr Goutam Narayan, project adviser at the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP)...

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/03/how-the-pygmy-hog-was-saved-from-extinction-aoe

photograph by AJT Johnsingh | Wikipedia CC

[voyagerprobe]

this thing is called Porcula

[synapsid-taxonomy]

Porcula Hodgson 1847

Porcula. The pygmy hog’s genus name is Porcula.

PORCULA.

[rinusuarez]

Pygmy Hog

This is the smallest species of the family and sadly one of the most endangered species as well.

This hog is the sole representative of Porcula, making its conservation even more important, as its extinction would result in the loss of a unique evolutionary branch of pigs. 

The destruction of its habitat has been its main problem, reducing its viable population in to the Manas National Park. However, even there threats as livestock grazing, poaching, fires and natural predators persist. The total wild population has been estimated in less than 150 animals.

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[hummingzone]

World's Smallest Hog Released Into Wild By Conservationists In Assam

World’s Smallest Hog Released Into Wild By Conservationists In Assam

A dozen Pygmy hogs have been released into the wild in Assam to boost their population. Manas: A dozen of the world’s smallest pigs have been released into the wild in northeastern India as part of a conservation programme to boost the population of a species once thought to have become extinct. The pygmy hog, which has the scientific name porcula salvania, lives in tall, wet grasslands and was…

[inatungulates]

Pygmy hog Porcula salvania

Observed by kalyanvarma, CC BY

[strigops]

i will never get over how cute it is that the genus name for the pygmy hog is porcula

[nedsecondline]

Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives

Pygmy hogs are only found in the lush and dense grasslands of Manas National Park, a small protected region in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains…Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives

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Happy Lunar New Year

Have some wild swine

Javan Warty Pig/Sus verrucosus

IUCN Status Endangered

Visayan Warty Pig/Sus cebifrons

IUCN Status Critically Endangered

Sulawesi Babirusa/ Babyrousa celebensis

IUCN Status Vulnerable

Chacoan Peccary/Catagonus wagneri

IUCN Status Endangered

Desert Warthog/Phacochoerus aethiopicus

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Pygmy Hog/Porcula salvania

IUCN Status: Critically Endangered

Red River Hog/Potamochoerus porcus

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Population decreasing

Japanese Wild Boar/Sus scrofa leucomystax

IUCN Status: nominate species least concern

Subspecies unevaluated

Bush Pig/Potamochoerus larvatus

IUCN Status Least Concern

[martinhsu]

Happy 'Year of the Pig' to you and your entire family from www.MartinHsu.com 🐷 - 'Pygmy Hogs 姬豬', original painting on wood by Martin Hsu, 2019. - 2019 celebrates the Lunar calendar's 12th zodiac - the beloved pig, boar, and hog. Pig 豬 (zhū) also means 'whole' in Chinese so it's used in phrases to wish someone safe and well for his/her entire family. - This painting is the first of a new series by Martin Hsu titled 'Garden of Impermanence' - an imperial Chinese garden reimagined as a place between life and death where the fleeting and disappearing creatures reside. A personal attempt to combine traditional Asian art with conservation efforts for endangered species in our natural world. - Pygmy Hog 姬豬 (Porcula Salvania), the smallest pig in the world, a critically endangered suid now only found in Assam, India. Current world population less than 150 individuals due to human encroachment and habitat loss. - Research images and material by Joel Sartore, Photographer and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Learn more about their conservation efforts on http://pygmyhog.org - www.MartinHsu.com - #pygmyhog #endangeredspecies #conservation #yearofthepig#lunarnewyear #姬豬