Sus salvanius (Hodgson, 1847)

Pigmy Hog

Species recognized by The Integrated Taxonomic Information System external link, T Orrell (custodian) in 
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Morphology

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Author
Laura Stinson, University of Michigan
Editor
Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
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Stinson, L. 2002. "Sus salvanius" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 26, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sus_salvanius.html. 

 

Sus salvanius is the smallest suid known. Adult males are on average 65 cm long (including the head), and 25 cm tall (to the shoulder). Females are only slighly smaller. Males average 8.5 kg in weight. Their coats have blackish-brown bristles over gray-brown skin and they have no facial warts. Both sexes have a tail that is approximatly 3 cm long and females have three pairs of mammae.

 

(WWF 1997; Macdonald 1999)

 
"Sus salvanius (Hodgson, 1847)". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/328327". Accessed 22 Mar 2010.