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Species Survival
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Pigs,
Peccaries and Hippos Specialist Group
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About IUCN and SSC
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The PPHSG is one of several Specialist Groups of the Species Survival
Commission (SSC) developed by the IUCN to foster conservation, research and
dissemination of information for species of conservation concern.
It consists of a group
of technical experts focusing on the conservation and management of wild
pigs, peccaries and hippos.
The broad aim of the PPHSG is to promote the long-term conservation of
wild pigs, peccaries and hippos and, where possible, the recovery of their
populations to viable levels.
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Subgroups: Asian Wild Pig Research
and Conservation Group Peccary Subgroup |
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Summary
of current projects: Pigs Hippos |
Collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) |
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Pigs,
peccaries and hippopotamuses are non-ruminant ungulates belonging to the
Suborder Suiformes of the Order Artiodactyla
(the even-toed ungulates). Within the Suborder Suiformes, pigs belong to the Family Suidae, peccaries to the Family Tayassuidae and hippopotamuses to the Family Hippopotamidae. |
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The newly discovered
peccary ©
Roland Gockel/NDR Naturfilm |
New
species of peccary? A animal, thought to be
the fourth species of peccary, a Giant Peccary has recently been discovered in
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Pygmy hippo (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) |
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Where to see Pigs in North
America Where to see Peccaries in
North America Where to see White-lipped
Peccaries Where to see Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos in Britain
and Ireland Webmaster: Susanne Plesner Loweth Updated January 2008 |
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