Oliver's warty pig (Sus oliveri), or Mindoro warty pig is a small species of pig which can only be found on the island of Mindoro in the Central Philippines. This species previously treated to be a subspecies of S. philippensis, was shown to be morphologically and genetically different.
This species is heavily hunted and is extremely rare.
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