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EndangeredMaximum longevity: 17 years (captivity) Observations: In the wild, these animals have been estimated to live up to 14 years (Bernhard Grzimek 1990). One specimen lived over 17 years at Berlin Zoo (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Sus verrucosus
- Commons category
- Sus verrucosus
- gestation period
- 4
- taxon common name
- Java-Pustelschwein
- longest observed lifespan
- 17
- short name
- S. verrucosus
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Encyclopedic overview
The Javan warty pig (Sus verrucosus), also called Javan wild pig, is an even-toed ungulate in the family Suidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian islands Java and Bawean, and is considered extinct on Madura. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Javan warty pig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.