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--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Suidae
--> SUBFAMILY Suinae
--> TRIBE Suini
--> GENUS Sus
SPECIES Sus salvanius
| Author: | Hodgson, 1847. | | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 423. | | Common Name: | Pygmy Hog | | Type Locality: | "Habitat, Saul forest" but no locality given; N India, "Sikhim Tarai [Sikkim Terai] … The moist forest-tract at the base of the eastern Himalaya" (Lydekker, 1915:343). | | Distribution: | Bhutan, S Nepal, N India (incl. Sikkim). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | |
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