Pygmy hogs

Curr Biol. 2021 Apr 26;31(8):R366-R368. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.038.

Authors

Manon de Visser¹, Langqing Liu², Mirte Bosse²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: manon.devisser@naturalis.nl.
² Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 33905687
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.038

Abstract

Manon de Visser and colleagues introduce the rarest and smallest wild pig species, the pygmy hog (Porcula salvania).

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MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild
Conservation of Natural Resources
Endangered Species
Extinction, Biological
Swine* / classification
Swine* / physiology