Sus cebifrons Heude 1888

Sus cebifrons Heude 1888, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2: pl. 17, fig. 5.

Type Locality: Philippines, "l'ile de Cebu ".

Vernacular Names: Visayan Warty Pig.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sus cebifrons subsp. cebifrons Heude 1888

Subspecies Sus cebifrons subsp. negrinus Sanborn 1952

Distribution: Philippines (Cebu, Negros, Panay and probably Masbate Isls).

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct as S. c. cebifrons, otherwise Critically Endangered.

Discussion: The species is more extensively described by Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2,pl. 28 [1892], 2:218 [1894]. Specifically distinct from S. barbatus and S. philippensis (Groves and Grubb, 1993; Sanborn, 1952 a). Revised by Groves (1997 a).