Sus cebifrons Heude 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 640

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).