Boar - Blog Posts
chibikko uribon wild boar collection (amuse)
in this situation the soft pastel black I have learned to enjoy much more than I enjoy actual compressed charcoal sticks, however they do complement the charcoal pencils well. I wish I knew exactly what variety of animals these are.
Red river hog studies. (4-26-23)
These guys are really cute- they've got little tassels on their ears!!!
This mother fucker right here chased after some wild boars larger than himself alone, across a dry river bed, fence, & into some random woods he's never been in! Was screaming for him for close to 30 min & he just shows up looking like he doesn't know where he is. I got angry.
Sulawesi Wart Pig. More here: https://www.instagram.com/species_of_the_world/ Club to get full infographic: https://payhip.com/order?link=ZYD1O&pricing_plan=yZGjrklGNV
A poster with all the Phacochoerus subspecies and the conservation status of each of them.
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I am selling the poster of the Tapirus family along with the Rhinotermitidae. Soon I will put this poster on sale but I want to make some posters for some of the genus of this family.
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A poster with all the Babyrousa subspecies and the conservation status of each of them.
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I am selling the poster of the Tapirus family along with the Rhinotermitidae. Soon I will put this poster on sale but I want to make some posters for some of the genus of this family.
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A poster with all the Suidae family, a big one. All the species and subspecies and the conservation status of each of them.
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I am selling the poster of the Tapirus family along with the Rhinotermitidae. Soon I will put this poster on sale but I want to make some posters for some of the genus of this family.
Have a look following the link: Red Bubble store
Babyrousa – deer-pigs
The last one of this big family, the weirdo of the weirdos and one of the most valuable for me, the Babirusa. Since I was a kid I was amazed by this strange animal that tusk can grow so curve that can break its skin and sometimes the skull.
There are many subspecies still to confirm. So far, three are accepted.
Moluccan Babirusa: This species is poorly known because many of the studies done to this species, where actually done to another subspecies, the North Sulawesi Babirusa.
Togian babirusa: As usual the main threat of this species is the destruction of this habitat. It is also tracked if the animal eats the crops of the villagers. However, the animal is not eaten by the people because the population is mostly muslim therefore, refuse to eat pork.
North Sulawesi Babirusa: In 2006, a male North Sulawesi Babirusa and a female domestic pig were accidentally allowed to interbreed in the Copenhagen Zoo. The offspring were 5 hybrid piglets with teeth most resembling the North Sulawesi Babirusa, while their color was highly variable.
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Next, some nice posters of all the boar family and the peccary family.
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Phacochoerus – Warthog
I love this ugly! Since I was a child I feel impressed by his horrendous face. Still somehow to me is beautiful.
There are six subspecies of Warthog until now but it could be more or less depending on further studies of some of this subspecies.
Common Warthog, Nolan Warthog: Mothers they are very aggressive, they can charge at bigger predators for defending their piglets. it is very a important element of the food chain since has many predators such as humans, crocodiles, hyenas, lions, leopards and even some birds of prey.
Southern Warthog: It can be found in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Central African Warthog: It can be found in Kenya and Tanzania
Desert Warthog, Somali warthog: Morphological differences between Desert Warthogs and Common Warthog have been overlooked until recently, that now they can be distinguished in the wild. Desert Warthog has drooping genal warts, tips of ears that bend backwards, swollen suborbital pouches round the eyes, and a shorter basi-occipital region that makes the head look “egg-shaped”.
Cape warthog: It used to be seen in the South African region but became extinct in 1865. I couldn’t find the reasons or a better image to take as a reference.
Eritrean warthog: Can be found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia.
The next species is the last one from this huge family and and one of the most estrange from the suidae family: The Babirusa.
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Forest hog
This is a special monster. The first time I saw this hog I was impressed by how ugly is and still how magnificent.
Three subspecies are provisionally recognized:
Congo Forest Hog: Ranges from southeast Nigeria to Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Giant Forest Hog Occurs as scattered populations from the Albertine Rift Highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to the eastern (Gregory) Rift Valley in Ethiopia and Kenya.
West African Forest Hog Can be found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Nigeria
The Giant Hog that inhabit in Ethiopia could be another subspecies to classified. However further taxonomic studies are required.
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Pygmy Hog
This is the smallest species of the family and sadly one of the most endangered species as well.
This hog is the sole representative of Porcula, making its conservation even more important, as its extinction would result in the loss of a unique evolutionary branch of pigs.
The destruction of its habitat has been its main problem, reducing its viable population in to the Manas National Park. However, even there threats as livestock grazing, poaching, fires and natural predators persist. The total wild population has been estimated in less than 150 animals.
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Indian boar, Andamanese pig or Moupin pig These are animals mainly nocturnal. Females and young males move in small groups of about ten individuals, while the old boars are solitary for most of the year.
North African boar, Barbary Wild Boar This wild boar have been documented swimming offshore islands up to 7km apart. Ten different vocalizations have been distinguish. It is also remarkable that each mother can recognize her own offspring voice.
Central Asian boar Can be found in southeastern Iran, Pakistan and Northwest India.
Middle Asian boar, Black-footed Boar This boar can be seen in Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, the eastern Tien Shan, western Mongolia, Kashgar and possibly Afghanistan and southern Iran.
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Wild Boar / Sus scrofa The most subspecies with a total of 16. Different authors recognize up to 32 subspecies. Colin Groves undertook probably the most comprehensive review when proposing the recognition of at least 16 morphologically distinct subspecies. However, his work has been challenged by Peter Genov who proposed recognition of only 4 subspecies. We are going to follow Colin Groves studies and we portrayed 16 subspecies. today the first four. Central European boar This boar was held in a high esteem by the Celtic culture and it was often seen engraved in helmets, shields and swords. It was considered a sacred animal.
Carpathian boar One of the biggest if not the biggest subspecies with males recorder to weigh more than 300 kg. Such size make immune to wolves. Nowadays is rare to see an animal that size, due to past overhunting which prevent animals from attaining their full growth.
Mediterranean boar, Sardinian wild boar The Sardinian wild boar shows a significant closer relationship with the domestic pig. This suggests that this subspecies was originated in the Neolithic from populations of domesticated domestic pigs.
Anatolian Boar Very common board in the Judean and Jerusalem area. In Haifa, they can be spot roaming the streets of the city, specially in darkness where they destroy big can trash in the searching of food. They can be dangerous at night to car drivers. Maremman boar It is assumed extinct due to the introduction of another subspecies in the area. Because of the crossing of subspecies, the subgenus in question lost its unique gene pool.
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Vietnam warty pig, Heude’s pig, Indochinese warty pig
This pig was described from two skulls collected in southern Vietnam in 1892, near to Ho Chi Minh City. Another specimen (an incomplete but apparently fresh skull of a juvenile male) has been reported from Ban Ni Giang in the Annamite Mountains.
Despite studies being done in the last century is still unclear if this was a new different species, a subspecies of the Wild boars from Indochina or even the same animal. This is just a reminder of how much is needed to be known about species in order to classified them correctly and see if somehow, we are able to understand them better.
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Javan Warty Pig
These pigs are also killed by farmers because they eat their crops at night. It is also seen as a trophy by hunters due to its large size. Curiously, another threat to this animal comes from natural causes. It’s closest relative the Banded Pig (Sus scrofa vittatus) shares similar habitat ranges as the Javan Pig, competing for resources and also cross-mating creating hybrids of the both.
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Philippine Warty Pig
Loss of natural habitat, uncontrolled logging and hunting, have been forced into close contact with domestic pigs, and hybridization between the two species has been reported. Accordingly, genetic contamination of Philippine Warty Pig stock is a real and irreversible problem
More recent mtDNA studies have suggested the likelihood for separating ‘philippinensis’ and ‘mindanensis’ as two full different species.
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Oliver's warty pig / Mindoro warty pig
Listed as Endangered because its extent of occurrence is less than 5,000 km² being its area of occupancy less than 500 km². Even though accurate records are lacking, the distribution range of this pig is severely fragmented. There is also a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat, and in the number of mature individuals caused by over-hunting. Hybridization with free-ranging domestic pigs introduced and maintained by hinterland communities is an additional and likely serious additional threat.
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Celebes warty pig or Sulawesi pig
Although a number of subspecies have been recognized, they were disregard after further studies. Today, the Celebes Warty Pig is regarded as a monotypic taxon. This pig is the only species that has been domesticated apart from the Wild Boar. The fact that is being semi-domesticated may have change its appearance.
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Visayan Warty Pig
The Visayan Warty Pig has two subspecies that were recognized as such until 2000. Unfortunately, we have lost one of the subspecies, the Cebu Wart Pig and the other, the Negros Warty Pig is critically endangered.
Its biggest threat is habitat loss causing by commercial logging and farming. It is extinct in 98% of its native range.
Other studies indicated that there might be other subspecies of this Pig inhabiting the island of Panay in the Philippines.
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Bornean Bearded Pig What an ugly pig yet fascinating. Bearded Pigs live in one location for the majority of the year and are active during the day. However, this is the only pig that migrates and when they do, they congregate by hundreds and migrate at night, always at the same time of the year and using the same route. Yearlings have never been seen migrating so it is supposed that reproduction is timed before migration. The migration is led by old male boars. It is still unsure why the migration occurs.
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Babyrousa babyrussa
The skull of the Babirussa along with the important teeth of the lower jaw in order to be compare with its relative found by Clement Van Burden, also in the Jungles of Vietnam. The Sus Cofra Satanae or Satanic Boar as Clement decided to named after studied its destructive behavior.
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A tipsy Robert Baratheon for the Character Design Challenge
Múlt héten rendezték meg Budapesten, a 14. Educatio Nemzetközi Oktatási Szakkiállítást, ahol itthoni és külföldi intézmények mutatják be felsőoktatási képzési kínálatukat. Idén lehetőséget kaptunk rá, hogy megtervezzük a Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem standját. A grafika elkészítésében Molnár Rebeka volt nagy segítségemre, az erdőben „megbúvó” állatok megtervezésével és megrajzolásával. A stand grafikáján az állatok mellett azok a városok is megjelennek, ahol az egyetemünk működik. A kiállítás részeként készült egy, az induló szakok listáját tartalmazó kiadvány, a stand grafikájának felhasználásával.
The 14th International Education Fair has been held in Budapest last week, where Hungarian and foreign higher education institutions presented their courses. This year we have got a chance to design the stand of the University of West Hungary. Rebeka Molnár has been a great help to me during the design process, with the drafting and the drawing of the “hidden” animals in the forest. In the stand's graphic those towns can be seen, where the university has campus. As part of the exhibition, I have made an issue, about the courses of the university, with the stand's graphic.
Barbara “Boar” Baker…a character i made for a mc rp im joining soon 😏
she’s a widow with 7 kids…and she’s gonna open an inn/bakery