Early Chinese awareness of the 'horned' pig (genus Babyrousa)

dc.contributor.author	Macdonald, Alastair A.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-22T10:48:33Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-22T10:48:33Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01
dc.identifier.citation	Macdonald, A.A (2017). Early Chinese awareness of the 'horned' pig (genus Babyrousa). Suiform Soundings 15(2). p.5-14.
dc.identifier.issn	1446-991-X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21027
dc.description.abstract	The adult male Babirusa (Babyrousa spp.) is recognised as a very unusual wild pig (Macdonald 2008). It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and some neighbouring islands. The extent of its range has been decreasing for many years (Leus et al. 2016; Macdonald 2017; Macdonald & Johansson 2017). We are very fortunate that there are Pleistocene depictions of this animal, the female one of which has been dated to c. 33,400 BCE (Aubert et al. 2014). These were found on cave walls in the Southwest peninsula of Sulawesi, and highlight the historical local interest in this animal, in a region from which they subsequently have been exterminated (van Heekeren 1952, 1972).	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups for Wild Pigs (WPSG), Peccaries (PSG), and Hippos (HSG).	en
dc.subject	Babyrousa	en
dc.title	Early Chinese awareness of the 'horned' pig (genus Babyrousa)	en
dc.type	Article	en