Palawan bearded pig
{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Palawan bearded pig
| image = Palawan bearded pigs surrendered to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.jpg
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Sus
| species = ahoenobarbus
| authority = Huet, 1888
| synonyms = * Species Level:
- Chaetorhinus ahoenobarbus
- Subspecies Level:
- Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus
- Chaetorhinus barbatus ahoenobarbus
| range_map = Range_Sus_ahoenobarbus.png
}}
The Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus) is a pig species in the genus Sus endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs on the archipelago of islands formed by Balabac, Palawan, and the Calamian Islands. It is {{convert|1|to|1.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length, about {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall and weigh up to {{convert|150|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.
Taxonomy
Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of the Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus), but at least under the phylogenetic species concept, it must be classified as a separate species. For its treatment under other (and more widely used) species concepts, more study is required, but the presently available information seems to argue for full species status in any case.{{cite journal |last1=Lucchini |first1=V. |last2=Meijaard |first2=E. |last3=Diong |first3=C. H. |last4=Groves |first4=C. P. |author-link=Colin Groves |last5=Randi |first5=E. |year=2005 |title=New phylogenetic perspectives among species of South-east Asian wild pig (Sus sp.) based on mtDNA sequences and morphometric data |journal=The Journal of Zoology |location=London |volume=266 |pages=25–35 |doi=10.1017/S0952836905006588}}
Fossils
Fossils excavated in Palawan were identified as being of the Palawan bearded pig, deer, Philippine long-tailed macaques, tiger, small mammals, lizards, snakes and turtles. From the stone tools, besides the evidence for cuts on the bones, and the use of fire, it would appear that early humans had accumulated the bones.{{cite journal |last1=Piper |first1=P. J. |last2=Ochoa |first2=J. |last3=Lewis |first3=H. |last4=Paz |first4=V. |last5=Ronquillo |first5=W. P. |title=The first evidence for the past presence of the tiger Panthera tigris (L.) on the island of Palawan, Philippines: extinction in an island population |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |year=2008 |volume=264 |issue=1–2 |pages=123–127 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.003|bibcode=2008PPP...264..123P }}{{cite book |editor-last=Monks |editor-first=G. |title=Climate Change and Human Responses: A Zooarchaeological Perspective |publisher=Springer |chapter=Tiger |last1=Ochoa |first1=J. |last2=Piper |first2=P. J. |pages=79–80 |isbn=978-9-4024-1106-5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-hyDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80 |date=2017}}
Borneo might have been connected to Palawan during the penultimate and previous glacial periods, judging from the molecular phylogeny of murids.{{cite book |last1=Van der Geer |first1=A. |last2=Lyras |first2=G. |last3=De Vos |first3=J. |last4=Dermitzakis |first4=M. |title=Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |chapter=15 (The Philippines); 26 (Carnivores) |pages=220–347 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmSsNuwMAxgC&pg=PT219 |date=2011|isbn=9781444391282 }} Remains of pigs were compared with the wild boar (Sus scrofa)and Palawanese wild boar (Sus ahoenobarbus). It is known that the wild boar was imported as a domesticate to the islands from mainland Southeast Asia during the late Holocene.{{cite journal |last1=Larson |first1=G. |last2=Dobney |first2=K. |last3=Albarella |first3=U. |last4=Fang |first4=M. |last5=Matisso-Smith |first5=E. |last6=Robins |first6=J. |last7=Lowden |first7=S. |last8=Finlayson |first8=H. |last9=Brand |first9=T. |last10=Willersley |first10=E. |last11=Rowley-Conwy |first11=P. |last12=Andersson |first12=L. |last13=Cooper |first13=A. |year=2005 |title=Worldwide Phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centers of pig domestication |journal=Science |volume=307 |issue=5715 |pages=1618–1621 |doi=10.1126/science.1106927 |pmid=15761152|bibcode=2005Sci...307.1618L |s2cid=39923483 }}{{cite journal |last1=Larson |first1=G. |last2=Cucchi |first2=T. |last3=Fujita |first3=M. |last4=Matisoo-Smith |first4=E. |last5=Robins |first5=J. |last6=Anderson |first6=A. |last7=Rolett |first7=B. |last8=Spriggs |first8=M. |last9=Dolman |first9=G. |last10=Kim |first10=T.-H. |last11=Thi |first11=N. |last12=Thuy |first12=D. |last13=Randi |first13=E. |last14=Doehrty |first14=M. |last15=Due |first15=R. A. |last16=Bolt |first16=R. |last17=Griffin |first17=B. |last18=Morwood |first18=M. |last19=Piper |first19=P. |last20=Bergh |first20=G.v.d. |last21=Dobney |first21=K. |year=2007 |title=Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insight into Neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=104 |issue=12 |pages=4834–4839 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0607753104 |pmid=17360400|pmc=1829225 |bibcode=2007PNAS..104.4834L |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Dobney |first1=K. |last2=Cucchi |first2=T. |last3=Larson |first3=G. |year=2008 |title=The pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: new evidence for taxonomic status and human-mediated dispersal |journal= Asian Perspectives|volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=59–74 |doi=10.1353/asi.2008.0009|jstor=42928732 |s2cid=55390219 |url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/5759/1/5759.pdf }}{{cite journal |last1=Cucchi |first1=T. |last2=Fujita |first2=M. |last3=Dobney |first3=K. |year=2009 |title=New insights into pig taxonomy, domestication and human dispersal in Island Southeast Asia: molar shape analysis of Sus remains from Niah Caves, Sarawak |journal=International Journal of Osteoarchaeology |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=508–530 |doi=10.1002/oa.974 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229076577|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Piper |first1=P. J. |last2=Hung |first2=H.-C. |last3=Campos |first3=F. Z. |last4=Bellwood |first4=P. |last5=Santiago |first5=R. |year=2009 |title=A 4,000 year old introduction of domestic pigs into the Philippine archipelago: implications for understanding routes of human migration into through Island Southeast Asia and Wallacea |journal=Antiquity |volume=83 |pages=687–695 |doi=10.1017/S0003598X00098914|s2cid=161296257 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286076789}}
See also
References
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Category:Mammals of the Philippines