Indo-chinese Warty Pig
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Sus bucculentus Heude, 1892 |
The Indo-chinese Warty Pig (Sus bucculentus), also known as the or Vietnam Warty Pig or the Heude's Pig, is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Suidae family. It is found in Laos and Vietnam. It is virtually unknown and was feared extinct, until the discovery of a skull from a recently killed individual in the Annamite Range, Laos, in 1995.
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- Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- Oliver, W. 2000. Sus bucculentus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.