babirusa

The litter size for a babirusa is usually one or two piglets.

However, hunting remains a significant threat to the babirusa.

No time was lost, as there were other, parallel litters that did not include the Babirusa.

The north Sulawesi babirusa reach sexual maturity when they are 5-10 months old.

The diet of the babirusa includes leaves, roots, fruits and animal material.

The babirusa, a four-tusked pig, can be found in Indonesia as well.

The female babirusa has only one pair of teats.

Male babirusa tend to live solitarily while adult females can be found in groups with young.

The preferred habitat of babirusa are tropical rainforests along river banks.

Groups of female and young babirusa may number up to 84 individuals, most of which contain no adult males.

In addition to numerous species of wild pig, the family includes the babirusa and the warthog.

The North Sulawesi babirusa has very short hair and appears bald.

In a zoo, one of a keeper's jobs is to keep the babirusa's tusks trimmed.

The Togian babirusa also has the same characteristics and the upper canines always converge.

Apparently, the strong jaws of a babirusa are capable of easily cracking hard nuts.

According to the myth of some ethnic groups in Sulawesi, the earth sat upon the back of gigantic babirusa.

Another theory was that the tusks protect the eyes when the babirusa is hunting for food among thorny undergrowth.

The upper canines can grow backwards in a curve until they penetrate the skull of the male babirusa.

The male babirusa has four tusks.

Below : An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead.

The North Sulawesi Babirusa is threatened from hunting and deforestation.

To the other extreme, one of the scarcest omnivores is the babirusa, a kind of pig found in Indonesia.

The Babirusa returned to Cairns for repairs.

If a babirusa does not grind its tusks (achievable through regular activity), they can eventually keep growing so as to penetrate the animal's own skull.

The stomach divertculum of a babirusa is enlarged which may indicate that it is a ruminant but evidence shows otherwise.