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Babirusa
Babirusa specimen at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Babirusa specimen at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Babyrousa
Species: B. The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands The even-toed ungulates form the Mammal order Artiodactyla. They are Ungulates whose weight is borne (if they have more than two toes about Suidae is the biological family to which Pigs and their relatives belong babyrussa
Binomial name
Babyrousa babyrussa
Linnaeus, 1758

The Babirusa or pig-deer, Babyrousa babyrussa, is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and surrounding islands of Indonesia. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. It has two pairs of large tusks; enlarged canine teeth. "Cuspid" redirects here For the heart valves see Bicuspid valve and Tricuspid valve. The canines in the maxilla penetrate the top of the snout, curving back toward the forehead. This is a threatened species. Threatened species are any species (including Animals Plants fungi, etc

The common and scientific names are various transcriptions of its local name, which quite literally means "pig-deer" (from Malay babi "pig" + rusa "deer" - see also Rusa Deer) in reference to the huge tusks of the male suggestive of a deer's antlers - and in fact used for a similar purpose. The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the Antlers are the usually large and complex horn -like appendages of most Deer species mostly worn by males only for some species such as Caribou by both

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Classification

The babirusa has usually been classified as a single species in the genus Babyrousa, but recent work suggests that there may be several species, differentiable on the basis of geography, body size, amount of body hair, and the shape of the upper canine tooth of the male. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Most experts agree that babirusas are part of the pig family, and are one of the oldest living members of the family, representing a subfamily, Babyrousinae, that branched off from the warthog branch of the pig family (Subfamily Phacochoerini) during the Oligocene or early Miocene. The warthog or common warthog ( Phacochoerus africanus, "African Lens-Pig" is a wild member of the pig family that lives in Africa In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene period and extends from about 33 The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene period and extends from about 23

Habitat

The Babirusa is native to the large eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi and surrounding islands. Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Its habitat is the underbrush of tropical forests and canebrakes, and the shores of rivers and lakes. Its mostly-hairless, mottled-grey-and-brown hide provide it with a degree of camouflage. Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism The babirusa is known for its two pairs of tusks; both its upper and its lower pairs of canine teeth are greatly enlarged, and curve up and back towards the head. A tusk is an extremely long Incisor Tooth of certain Mammals that protrudes when the Mouth is closed "Cuspid" redirects here For the heart valves see Bicuspid valve and Tricuspid valve. The upper canines of the male babirusa are so curved and enlarged that they emerge through the flesh, by way of holes, to pass through the top of the snout.

This species is on the endangered list.

Because it is split-hooved and has a three-chambered stomach (and was thus thought to be a ruminant for a long time), there was some dispute in Halakha (Jewish law) as to whether the babirusa pig is, in fact, kosher (permitted according to Jewish dietary laws). Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Eventually it was found that the animal is not a true ruminant, and thus remains 'trefe' like other pigs. Physiologically a ruminant is a Mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach known

Captivity

In captivity, the species is very inbred. There are 2 subspecies kept in zoos. One subspecies in only kept in American zoos, while the other is found mainly in European zoos. The Bronx Zoo has an excellent breeding record for this animal. This article is about the zoo for the TV series see The Bronx Zoo (TV series; for the book "The Bronx Zoo" about the Yankees see Sparky Lyle, its There are not many zoos that have bred the animal; some that have are Los Angeles Zoo, South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Twycross Zoo, and Chester Zoo. The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966 is a large Zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA The South Lakes Wild Animal park is a Zoo located within the borders of the British town of Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Twycross Zoo (also known as the World Primate Centre) is a large zoo near the village of Twycross on the border of Leicestershire (on the A444 about Chester Zoo is a Zoological garden located in Cheshire in north west England.

In 2006, a male babirusa and a female domestic pig accidentally interbred in the Copenhagen Zoo. Copenhagen Zoo is one of the oldest Zoos in Europe. It was founded by the Ornithologist Niels Kjærbølling in 1859. The offspring were 5 hybrid piglets most resembling the babirusa, both in their teeth and skin colour. [1]

Media

Video of the Babyrousa babyrussa at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Video of the Babyrousa babyrussa at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Four-tusk babirusa from Indonesian region.
Babirusa skull on display at Field Museum. The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Male and female Babirusa at Edinburgh Zoo

Babirusas sleeping at Singapore Zoo

References

  1. ^ http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,610590&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=929035

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