Babirusa
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BABIRUSA (" pig-deer"), the Malay name of the wild swine of Celebes and Buru, which has been adopted in zoology as the scientific designation of this remarkable animal (the only representative of its genus), ...
Babirusa are omnivores, which means they eat mostly fruit, leaves, or grasses, but will also eat fungi, nuts, insect larvae, or sometimes even small animals (like rodents or small birds) or more rarely carrion (meat of dead animals).
Babirusa are the exception to many of these "pig rules." Their litter size is generally small; usually only numbering one to three unstriped offspring per litter.
Babirusa pig behavior and facts
Males have lower tusks like many other pigs. They sharpen them on trees and stones and use them when fighting other males.
Babirusa
Babyrousa babyrussa
The babirusa is a bizarre-looking pig from Indonesia.
Babirusa or pig-deer (Babyrousa babyrussa)
The babirusa lives in the rainforests of Sulawesi, an island in southeast Asia that is controlled by Indonesia. The babirusa belongs to the pig family and is usually found near rivers and lakes.
Babirusa
The babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa, is a MAMMAL belonging to the swine family, Suidae, order Artiodactyla ...
Babirusa
sub the present-day pigs of the old world earns a quite isolated position the Babirusa or the stag-boar (as the literal translation is). The type coul...
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Babirusa are of interest to medical researchers, because the babirusa tusk is the only permanent natural percutaneus (passing through the skin, such as by puncture) structure.
Buru Babirusa (B. babyrussa) Â- North Sulawesi Babirusa (B. celebensis) Â- Togian Babirusa (B. togeanensis)
Hylochoerus
Giant forest hog (H. meinertzhageni) ...
Family Camelidae Camelus Camelus bactrianus Bactrian camel Camelus dromedarius Dromedary, Arabian camel Lama Lama glama Llama, guanaco Vicugna Vicugna vicugna Vicuña Family Suidae Babyrousa Babyrousa babyrussa Golden babirusa Babyrousa ...
Babyrousa, the Babirusa from Indonesia
Potamochoerus, the bushpig of southern and central East Africa
Sus, with 10 species and sub-species
S. scrofa scrofa the Eurasian wild boar from the United Kingdom, New Guinea, Taiwan and Japan
S.s.
Hogs and pigs (Suidae), also known as suids, are a group of mammals that includes babirusas, pigs, warthogs, forest hogs, red river pigs, and bushpigs. The Family Suidae also includes the domestic pig, Sus scrofa.
Babyrousa celebensis (Sulawesi babirusa)
With the male's curling tusks, this is one of the world's most bizarre looking mammals. Indeed, so bizarre is this animal's appearance that... More 20 Images 10 Videos ...
We also have forest hogs, warty pigs (not to be confused with warthogs), bearded pigs, babirusa, red river hogs, wild boars, pot-bellied pigs, and more! We even have peccaries, those good-looking relatives of the pig.
The Red Book of Endangered Species includes Grevy's zebra and Hartmann's mountain zebra, Przewalski's horse, the Malayan tapir, babirusa, vicugna, Formosan sika deer, addax, Barbary sheep, dama gazelle, lechwe, gaur, anoa, ...
 See also: Deer, Hippo, Warthog, Boar, Sheep
  
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