All 20 Wild Pig Species (& Their Piglets!)
Explore all 20 species of wild pigs, where they live and what makes them unique. This video includes both Old and New World pigs and takes a quick look at the feral populations in the United States.
Chapters
0:17 Red River Hog
1:32 Bushpig
2:28 Common Warthog
4:31 Desert Warthog
5:26 Giant Forest Hog
6:27 Pygmy Hog
7:28 Wild Boar
9:24 Bearded Pigs
10:49 Warty Pigs
12:24 Babirusas
13:56 New World Pigs
14:33 Collared Peccary
15:30 White-lipped Peccary
16:14 Chacoan Peccary
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Creative Commons Attribution
Bushpigs, Mapungubwe National Park - Derek Keats
Bushpig, Waterberg District Municipality - kellyabram
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - darren_j_obbard
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - claudekolwelter
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - elebew
Giant Forest Hog, Aberdare Forest, Kenya - opisska
Giant Forest Hog Ark Lodge, Kenya - desertnaturalist
Giant Forest Hog - Ashwin Viswanathan
Pygmy hog, Assam Breeding Center - A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF
Pygmy Hog Research and Breeding Centre - PJeganathan
Pygmy Hog - kalyanvarma
Editorial
Elvis Album Cover - Dan Kosmayer / shutterstock.com
Maps
Red River Hog - U. Schröter / WikiCommons
Bushpig - Cephas / WikiCommons
Giant Forest Hog - Cephas / WikiCommons
Common Warthog - Mad Max / WikiCommons
Desert Warthog Cephas / WikiCommons
Borneo Bearded Pig, Palawan bearded pig, Oliver's + Philippine warty pig - PhnomPencil / WikiCommons & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
Visayan warty pig - U. Schröter / WikiCommons
Javan warty pig - OJJ / WikiCommons
Sulawesi babirusa, Moluccan babirusa & Togian babirusa - Cephas / WikiCommons
Collared peccary, White-lipped peccary - Luke Beall / WikiCommons
Chacoan peccary - Kullanıcı-Mskyrider / WikiCommons
Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com.
Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.
Red River hog
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/re...
www.sciencefocus.com/nature/r...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Bushpig
www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_b...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...
The link below automatically downloads the PDF when clicked
bioone.org/journals/journal-o...[25:TEOTGF]2.0.CO;2.pdf
Common warthog
zooatlanta.org/animal/common-...
www.marylandzoo.org/animal/co...
ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/facts...
animals.sandiegozoo.org/anima...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Differences between desert & common warthogs
www.wildsolutions.nl/desert-w...
Giant forest hog
www.ultimateungulate.com/Arti...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Pygmy hog
www.iucnredlist.org/species/2...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Wild boar
www.deerhunter.eu/eu/en/inspi...
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourf...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...
Bearded pigs x 2
news.mongabay.com/2023/03/bea...
www.rekoforest.org/field-stor...
www.ultimateungulate.com/Arti...
Warty pigs x 5
lazoo.org/explore-your-zoo/ou...
www.marwell.org.uk/animals/vi...
www.ultimateungulate.com/Arti...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/2...
Babirusa x 3
www.ultimateungulate.com/Arti...
animals.sandiegozoo.org/anima...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Collared Peccary
www.rainforest-alliance.org/s...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
White-lipped Peccary
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.worldlandtrust.org/specie...
Chacoan Peccary
ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/facts...
www.britannica.com/place/Gran...
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I had no idea there was such diversity of wild pigs in africa, you are one of the only channels I follow to consistantly present new and interesting animals I have never heard of. Keep it up
I thought the warthog was the only wild African pig. Turns out there are two species of warthog.
There are other pig species native to Africa such as the Barbary Pig (Sus algirus), the Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus), the Red River Pig (Potamochoerus porcus), and the Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni).
I believe pigs evolved in Africa, like most animals seemingly.
@razatiger22, actually, only Afrotheria evolved in Africa, pigs are not part of Afrotheria, pigs more likely evolved in North America, this is because all odd-toed and even-toed hoofed mammals evolved in North America, hence the reason why the superorder Laurasiatheria originated exclusively from North America before existing elsewhere.
@@razatiger22 Yes, Africa is the cradle of humanity
So many delightful sneefs and snorfs. Thank you.
Sniffy snorb sneeps
When he was a young warthog, he found his aroma had a certain appeal,he could clear the savannah after every meal. He's a sensitive soul while he seems thick skinned,and it hurts when his friends never stood, downwind it was a shame, oh the same he thought of changing his name every time that he farte....
Punba! The kid!
@@rogerelliss9829 pumba* i think
@JohnSmith-jp6pk yeah somehow autocorrect went with punba. Not sure it's actually a word, but my autocorrect still thinks it is. Lol
Love the "and their piglets" part. Many creatures young look radically different than the adult version.
The fact that the piglets all look so similar is a clear indicator that those stripes are simply VERY good camouflage in low brushes. Sad to see how pigs also suffer from the "bee fallacy". There's one species that's doing really well but a dozen that are endangered and people are unaware because they barely know the difference.
Fun fact:The pygmy hog,rarest wild pig,is so rare,whith only 250 left,it is only found in 1 zoo :Asam Zoo in India.
I didn't know that so many wild pigs exist. very good informations about all species. Greets Stefan
If pygmy hogs could be domesticated I think they would be widespread because people would want them as pets
true
Fun fact: pigs and peccaries are still only distantly related, peccaries are the only extant family of the superfamily Tayassuoidea whereas pigs are the only extant family of the superfamily Suoidea, both superfamilies constitute the infraorder Suina that is included within the suborder Bunodontia which does group them with the hippos (family Hippopotamidae) that are the only extant family of both the superfamily Hippopotamoidea and the infraorder Ancodonta, the Bunodontia suborder also includes the extinct andrewsarchids and entelodonts, a majority of bunodonts are omnivorous, which explains why pigs, peccaries, and hippos are all descended from hoofed predators, the earliest bunodonts did resemble carnivorans but actually had hooves on their feet rather than claws, all members of the Bunodontia suborder have upper incisors rather than dental pads, which are seen only in the more exclusively herbivorous suborder Selenodontia.
Thank you for detailing this, it is much appreciated!
The part about Hippos is wrong. Hippos are more closely related to Cetaceans than they are to any other living animals.
@lukejones7164, nope, whales are their own order, while even-toed hoofed mammals and odd-toed hoofed mammals are more closely related to each other, whales (order Cetacea) are the only extant order of both the grandorder Cetaceomorpha and the mirorder Pancetacea, while both odd-toed hoofed mammals (order Perissodactyla) and even-toed hoofed mammals (order Artiodactyla) belong to the grandorder Ungulata (Hoofed Mammals), in fact, even-toed hoofed mammals (order Artiodactyla) are split into only two valid suborders based on dietary grounds and the structure of their upper jaws: Selenodontia and Bunodontia, with the suborder Selenodontia being further split into the infraorders Tragulina, Vampyrodonta, Pecora, and Tylopoda and the suborder Bunodontia being further split into the infraorders Suina and Ancodonta, within the Selenodontia suborder the chevrotains (family Tragulidae) are the only extant family of both the superfamily Traguloidea and the infraorder Tragulina, the yoyongs (genus Hydropotes) and kasturis (genus Moschus) are the only extant genera of the families Hydropotidae and Moschidae respectively, both monotypic families constitute the superfamily Moschoidea, which is the only extant taxon of the infraorder Vampyrodonta, the Pecora infraorder is split into the superfamilies Giraffoidea, Cervoidea, and Bovoidea, the Giraffoidea superfamily contains the extant families Giraffidae (Giraffes and Okapi) and Antilocapridae (Pronghorn and Fossil Relatives), the deer (family Cervidae) are the only extant family of the superfamily Cervoidea, and the bovids (family Bovidae) are the only extant family of the superfamily Bovoidea, the camels (family Camelidae) are the only extant family of both the superfamily Cameloidea and the infraorder Tylopoda, whereas within the suborder Bunodontia, the Suina infraorder is split into the superfamilies Tayassuoidea and Suoidea, the peccaries (family Tayassuidae) are the only extant family of the superfamily Tayassuoidea and the pigs (family Suidae) are the only extant family of the superfamily Suoidea and hippos (family Hippopotamidae) are the only extant family of both the superfamily Hippopotamoidea and the infraorder Ancodonta, similar to there being only two valid suborders of even-toed hoofed mammals (order Artiodactyla), there are only three valid suborders of rodents (order Rodentia) being Caviomorpha (Cavy-Like Rodents), Sciuromorpha (Squirrel-Like Rodents), and Myomorpha (Mouse-Like Rodents) with the cavy-like rodents (suborder Caviomorpha) being the most basal and are split into ten superfamilies, which are Ctenodacyloidea for the families Diatomyidae (Asiatic Rockrats) and Ctenodactylidae (Gundis), Petromuroidea for only the family Petromuridae (Dassie Rat and Fossil Relatives), Phiomyoidea for only the family Thryonomyidae (Cane Rats and Fossil Relatives), Bathyergoidea for only the family Bathyergidae (Molerats), Hystricoidea for only the family Hystricidae (Old World Porcupines), Octodontoidea for the families Octodontidae (Degus and South American Rockrats) and Echimyidae (Spiny Rats), Chinchilloidea for the families Abrocomidae (Chinchilla Rats and Viscacha Rats) and Chinchillidae (Chinchillas and Viscachas), Erethizontoidea for only the family Erethizontidae (New World Porcupines), Myocastoroidea for the families Ctenomyidae (Tuco-Tucos), Capromyidae (Hutias), and Myocastoridae (Nutria, Punares, and Guiaras), and Cavioidea for the families Dinomyidae (Pacarana and Fossil Relatives), Caviidae (Cavies), Cuniculidae (Pacas and Fossil Relatives), and Dasyproctidae (Agoutis and Acouchis), the squirrel-like rodents (suborder Sciuromorpha) are split into seven superfamilies being Aplodontioidea for only the family Aplodontiidae (Mountain Beaver and Fossil Relatives), Gliroidea for only the family Gliridae (Dormice), Anomaluroidea for the families Zenkerellidae (Flightless Anomalures) and Anomaluridae (Flying Anomalures), Pedetoidea for only the family Pedetidae (Springhares), Sciuroidea for only the family Sciuridae (Squirrels), Castoroidea for only the family Castoridae (Beavers), and Geomyoidea for the families Geomyidae (Gophers) and Heteromyidae (Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Rats, and Kangaroo Mice), and the mouse-like rodents (suborder Myomorpha) are the most diverse of the three major groups of rodents and are split into four superfamilies being Platacanthomyoidea for only the family Platacanthomyidae (Lasiures), Dipodoidea for the families Spalacidae (Kopatels, Zokors, Bamboo Rats, and Grawes) and Dipodidae (Jerboas), Cricetoidea for the families Calomyscidae (Calomyscuses), Cricetidae (Hamsters, Lemmings, Muskrats, and Voles), Zapodidae (Jumping Mice and Birch Mice), and Sigmodontidae (New World Mice and Rats), and Muroidea for the families Muridae (Old World Mice and Rats), Gerbillidae (Gerbils, Jirds, Sand Rats, Link Rat, Spiny Mice, Brush-Furred Rats, and Rudd’s Mouse), Cricetomyidae (Pouched Rats, African Rock Mice, Climbing Mice, Fat Mice, Gerbil Mouse, Delany’s Mouse, Nikolaus’s Mouse, White-Tailed Rat, Karoo Mouse, Togo Mouse, Vlei Rats, Groove-Toothed Rats, Whistling Rats, and Maned Rat), and Nesomyidae (Malagasy Rodents).
@@indyreno2933 You are delusional lol. Cetaceans themselves are Even Hoofed Mammals.
@@indyreno2933what is your source for this?
Fantastic video, thank you. I had no clue there were so many different wild pig species. Also this made me go look up what a "javelina" is, and turns out it is another name for a collared peccary. So now I know.
i was not aware that there are 2 species of warthog. thanks!
All those pig species on the Indonesian islands makes me wonder if they were assisted in dispersal by ancient humans. Not that they couldn't get there by themselves as pigs are nothing if not adaptable. Perhaps we've been moving pigs around for millennia.
There probably just got there in times of lower sea levels
Nahhh, Bearded and warty pigs are continuously seen to be swim across islands exploring and being vagrant in some islands.
We did introduce bushpigs to Madagascar prehistorically
Suprisly Great Forest Boar(celeng) more populous than Babirusa
Wow, I wrote a recommendation for this episode more than twice on KZhead. Thank you so much for this😁😁😁😁😁
There are 2 types of people in this world - those who think that wild piglets are the cutest things in the world and those that are wrong.
And those who are hungry
@@VshapeDino You can still be hungry and think that they're cute.
most babies are cute. Unfortunately they all grow up!
@@maniswolftoman Well, they have to eat, my friend. Nothing wrong there.
Dogs are tasty too@@williamsharp2532
One error in the video: white lipped peccary is larger than collared peccary, which do not exceed 30kg.
Clicked for the pigs, stayed for the piglets.
Your relatives videos are the best !! Really hoping to see the Pinnipeds or eagles/raptors someday :D
Love this channel I never retain read info but this channel lists off so many different species other channels never even consider covering
You are one of my favourite channels!! Another great video.
Great video. Thanks for uploading.
Can you cover all the domestic pig breeds next?
Babirussa is indeed the most beautiful animal😍 Thank you for the amazing video, as always
Top tier stuff, you just got a new subscriber
Your videos are always informative and unique.
While where I am, pigs are considered a pest and invasive, as a hunter I’m not mad that we have free range pork that cost only a bullet.
They're amazing. Thanks for posting this
Amazing vid I am here for it!
Incredibly well made video. Loved all the side by side comparisons going from one species to another
Great quality footage of every pig. Wow
Great video! I didn't know about some of the south Asian species such as the bearded pig and the pigmy hog. Just an idea,you can make in the future a video about all the 5 rhino species ,all 3 elephant species and all 4 tapir species
I like the way the video flowed .. great presentation & very informative
They're so cool, great video!
Love these videos, probably my favorite series on KZhead. Patiently waiting for the next one! I hope it's cervids, caprids, or cetaceans though I'll he happy with whatever it is 👀
I swear bro was being sarcastic when talking about the Babirusa LMFAOOOOO
Thanks for finally doing a video on Suina😊
Love your videos! Have been a wildlife biologist & rehabber. I watch the news, then the nature films to feel renewed again.
The rock stars though 😂
Lol Elvis Presley Hairstyle Pig.😅😂
Thank you for an excellent video.
Thank you for your interesting article on wild pigs. I noticed that in the part about peccaries that Chile was not indicated as in their area of distribution. About 12 years ago when fishing around Vulcan Orsono I noticed Chilean pecan nuts and trotter tracks. The nuts that had been eaten I was advised by my guide by Javelinas. Most articles say peccaries are extinct in Southern Central Chile. The area was Quite wild and near impenetrable. Perhaps the article needs some updating? Cheers Gerald.
I love your videos man if you can make a video like this, but on the deer species or maybe duck species, which is a lot to ask for since there’s so many species, but if you could make a video on either of these subjects, I would be blessed
This video was amazing, where I live have the Collared Peccary and the White Lip Peccary but in my country we call the Quenk, They are amazing animals 💯
10:30 never seen a more beautiful thing in my life 👏
Excellent video 😊
Awesome! You got a subscriber!
Very interesting and fine work.
Thanks for another factual and succinct coverage of this group. Clear descriptions and ranges
I did not think I would ever find a pig beautiful, but to my surprise you got a few hairy ones I really like, specially the last of the peccaries is pretty! I met a family of peccaries when in Arizona and was warned for them as they can be quite dangerous, even though small they are quite ferocious, specially when with babies. Now I live in GA and we got wild boar here, which I am not too fond of. Thankfully they are not fond of humans, either !
Excellent video!
These piggies are wild!
Very informative and educational!
Great video! Bushpigs are also found in Madagascar (possibly introduced by humans in the distant past) and possibly Comoros
thank you for sharing the video ❤ , it's very interesting and informative .❤ wishing you a lucky day ❤❤❤
thank you!
I've never thought pigs could be amazing. Thank you for opening my mind
I love all the piggos
12:22 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😂
Not to hate on you but I'm afraid you forgot the giant pecari, pecari maximus. It was only discovered a few years ago.
From what I have read the giant peccari is normally not regarded as a valid species these days.
@@Ryodraco why that?
@@fallows4life lack of distinguishing features, with its size, physical features and genetics all being within the range found for the collared peccary.
@@Ryodraco oh ok
@fallows4life, the giant peccary is actually scientifically named Tayassu maximus, there are only four extant peccary species under three genera: the Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu), the White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari), the Giant Peccary (Tayassu maximus), and the Chacoan Peccary (Parachoerus wagneri).
They all are so cool
You should be sponsored by the tourism agency of every country you talk about. Absolutely excellent videos.
Sometimes the algorithm strikes pure gold. Thank you!
I only ever knew new world pigs as "peccaries" until I moved into an area where they live. Around here in west Texas, no one uses that term -- everyone here calls them "javelina". They're amazingly intelligent, and very docile (unlike the feral pigs) until they get into large groups, where they can sometimes get into fights with each other. Around here they also occasionally attack parcels delivered to houses, looking for food.
Nice Vid 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙂
Anyone else feel like pork chops & apple sauce after watching this?
A video I needed without knowing it.
Great video! However, did you cover Javalinas?
Illustrates the torture that humans subject domesticated pigs to by breeding them to be almost too large to move.
Omg they're so cute. 😍😍
Nice Hogs
all the cute lil piglets, such joy to stare at, and their vibrant hair.
Me at 430am : I guess I'm learning about wild pigs 🤷🏿♀️
hey man, great work, keep going! but i would suggest that you put the scientific names of the species when presenting then, it really helps to understand the evollutionary proximity between then (for example, when two species are the same genera) and to fijd the referred species in other sources!
In Zimbabwe we have two species Warthog and Bushpig. Warthog are common but bushpigs less common
I had absolutely no idea there were so many!! I am still learning about pigeon species out there. Evolution is utterly amazing!!! :) 🐷🐙🦉🐒🦇 🦀🐈⬛🐬🐖🦊🦌🕊️🪼🌷🌱
the European map on the boar: they're all up Norway now! :)
I can't believe how cute those piglets are
Mom: Why do you think you're autistic? Me:
Well presented and background music noise is not necessary
A10 is missing from this great documentary
I can’t believe Im watching this video trying to figure out which species are my bestie look like more. Gonna tell him after finish watching.
I got halfway through this video and then developed a strong hankering for bacon
Javelina (collared peccary) are very delicious 🤤🤤
Awesoooooome 🎉
This showed up right after I ate a hotdog
Lips and a$$holes
The boars 🐗 are so cute 😍
Very interesting video, however I believe you made a small mistake, the white lipped peccary is actually larger than the collared peccary.
My late Grandfather served in the airforce in the 50s, and spent time overseas in West Africa. While he was there, he witnessed a fight between a massive wild pig and a Large domesticated dog…let’s just say the dog DID NOT MAKE IT. Wild Pigs really are not to be messed with.
2:54 "SHE"S GONNA EAT ME!!!"
1:49 Bombastic side eye
We hunt bush pigs. They can breed so fast and can hectares out of maize fields! They are HUGe up to 80kg and they can mess you up!!
i've heard of the pest pigs in the north american south!
You should do a video on parrots and parakeets
Mountain = "mown tane"??
Pig Deer is translation from Indonesian Language for Babi Rusa. NOT MALAYAN NAME. We use different language and pronounce with Malaysian. They use "Bahasa Melayu" And we use "Bahasa Indonesia"
Wild Boars look kind of like Woolly Mammoths and Woolly Rhinoceroses, but they survived into this time.
There are two types of people in the world, those who eat pork, and those who don’t…..
Magnificent
Surprisingly I only knew that they are just 8-9 species of wild pigs of suidae family like these ones: 1. Eurasian wildboar 2. Common warthog 3. Peccary 4. Babirusa 5. Giant forest hog 6. Bushpig 7. Giant river pig 8. Pygmy hog 9. Red river hog
I remember when I did an exchange to Hungary in 1989. The wealthy family I lived with had permission from Soviets to take me into the wilds kayaking. When we arrived at River, loads of little pigs came out of woods and I was like 'aaah, how cute'.... Then dad arrived. I was picked up and pushed into my kayaks, and we got the hell out of there pronto.
Can we see the different Antelope species next
I just read. Peccary like a pig, it has a snout ending in a cartilaginous disc and eyes that are small relative to its head. Also like a pig, it uses only the middle two digits for walking, although, unlike pigs, the other toes may be altogether absent. Its stomach is not ruminating. Though it has three chambers, it is more complex than those of pigs. Peccaries are foregut fermenters (pigs are hindgut fermenters). This foregut fermentation, similar to but separately evolved from a ruminant, is an example of convergent evolution. So interesting....