{"id":119226,"date":"2026-08-14T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=119226"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:42:01","slug":"indonesian-babirusas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indonesian-babirusas\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian babirusas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Indonesian babirusas Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom announced the birth of a critically important babirusa, when its population is threatened by the African swine fever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indonesian babirusas<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The babirusa is<\/span><b> a wild pig <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commonly known as <\/span><b>&#8220;pig-deer&#8221;,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to a genus <\/span><b>called Babyrousa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2001, scientists have since recognized three extant species: <\/span><b>Buru babirusa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Babyrousa babyrussa), <\/span><b>North Sulawesi babirusa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (B. celebensis), <\/span><b>Togian babirusa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (B. togeanensis).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They\u2019re much less hairy than other pigs. Males are the only pigs whose upper tusks erupt through the snout bone and curve back towards their face.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They can be found in <\/span><b>moist, swampy forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in the lush thickets of tropical rainforests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in the <\/span><b>Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula and Buru.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vulnerable<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Indonesian babirusas<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are among <\/span><b>the fastest runners in the pig family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, able to reach 30 miles per hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>excellent swimmers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> preferring to live near bodies of water.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are well <\/span><b>known for their lower canine tusks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are possessed by both sexes, along with the upper canine tusks that grow only on males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Their diet includes fruits, plants and small animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They use <\/span><b>their specialised hooves to dig for<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> insect larvae and roots in the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reproduction:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They become sexually mature after they reach <\/span><b>one or two years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of age.\u00a0 Gestation in females lasts 155 to 158 days and ends with one or two piglets (which is a small litter for pigs).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/as-african-swine-fever-threatens-to-push-indonesian-babirusas-towards-extinction-uks-chester-zoo-welcomes-critically-important-piglet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesian babirusas is a wild pig commonly known as &#8220;pig-deer&#8221;, belonging to a genus called Babyrousa. 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