| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | CETARTIODACTYLA | SUIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Sus bucculentus | |||
| Species Authority: | Heude, 1892 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||||||||
| Assessor/s | Groves, C.P.P. & Oliver, W. | |||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Leus, K. & Oliver, W. ( Pig, Peccary & Hippo Red List Authority) | |||||||||
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Justification: Listed as Data Deficient as the taxonomic status of this species is in doubt, and there is no reliable information on its population status. |
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | Sus bucculentus was described from two skulls collected in southern Viet Nam in 1892, supposedly from near Ho Chi Minh City in the Dong-nai Valley. Another specimen (an incomplete but apparently fresh skull of a juvenile male) has been reported from Ban Ni Giang in the Annamite Mountains in Lao PDR, east of the Mekong River (18º19'N, 104º44'E) (Groves et al. 1997; Meijaard et al. 2002). However, recent analysis of mitochondrial DNA data (Robins et al. 2006) suggest that the light-coloured, lankier, longer-faced pigs from the northern Annamites are probably the same as the relatively light-colored form of Sus scrofa found east of the Mekong (Galbreath 2007). The validity of this species is therefore in doubt, and it might be a synonym of Sus scrofa. |
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Native:
Lao People's Democratic Republic; Viet Nam
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| Population: | There is no information. It is known from only three specimens. No currently known wild population of pigs has been assigned to this species. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | No information is available on its ecology. It is likely to occur in forest, but possibly in other habitats too. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | No information is available on threats to this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | No conservation measures are in place for this species. It is not possible to recommend conservation actions until its taxonomic validity has been resolved. |
| Citation: | Groves, C.P.P. & Oliver, W. 2008. Sus bucculentus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 December 2008. |
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