Sus salvanius Hodgson 1847

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 : 641

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scientific name	Sus salvanius Hodgson 1847
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Sus salvanius Hodgson 1847 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 423.

Type Locality: "Habitat, Saul forest" but no locality given; N India, "Sikhim Tarai [Sikkim Terai] … The moist forest-tract at the base of the eastern Himalaya" (Lydekker, 1915:343).

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Hog.

Distribution: Bhutan, S Nepal, N India (incl. Sikkim).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered.