Visayan warty pig
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| phylum | Chordata | The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines. The Visayan warty pig receives its name from the three pairs of fleshy "warts" present on the visage of the boar. Biologists speculate that the reason for the warts is to assist as a natural defense against the tusks of rival pigs during a fight. The boars also grow stiff spiky hair.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Artiodactyla | |
| family | Suidae | |
| genus | Sus | |
| species | S. cebifrons |
