The main threats pygmy hogs face are loss and degradation of habitat due to human settlements, agricultural encroachments, dry-season burning, livestock grazing, commercial forestry and flood control schemes.

William’s first visit to Assam to conduct this research starts a lifetime of work on the pygmy hog which continues for more than 30 years. Tanzania People & Wildlife Provides Ongoing Training to 200 Female Entrepreneurs.

An adult pygmy hog has dark brown to black skin, overlaid by a coat of dark fur. The head has a crest of hair on the top of the head and the back of the neck. Flood control The main threats to the survival of the Pygmy Hog are loss and degradation of habitat due to human settlements, agricultural encroachments, dry-season burning, livestock grazing, commercial forestry and flood control schemes. Younger hog is marked with vague reddish stripes which fades away with age.

The present range of Sus salvanius (commonly known as the pygmy hog) is found only in the reserve forest belts of the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary and the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary in northwestern Assam, India.

The political unrest in the Manas national park region has been a threat to the Pygmy Hogs.

However, they were once found in throughout northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. Pygmy Hog is the world’s smallest and rarest extant suid and only a handful of people can ever claim to have seen it in the wild. Durrell publishes the first detailed study on the ecology, population dynamics and threats facing the pygmy hog as researched by Durrell staff member, William Oliver. Simulated environments are important as the hogs need to learn to become independent in as natural a setting as Increasing human encroachment into the pygmy hogs habitat and exploitation of the rich grasslands needs to be addressed before the long-term recovery of the species can be … Continue reading Threats →

Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species. Although there are a number of threats to hedgehogs, we can still assure their existence by taking care of them and their natural habitat. The pygmy hog is the only member of its genus, Porcula, and there may be as few as 200 individuals left in the wild. The smallest member of the pig family, the pygmy hog (porcula salvania), is a critically endangered species.Once found along a narrow strip of tall and wet grassland plains on the Himalayan foothills – from Uttar Pradesh to Assam, through Nepal’s terai areas and Bengal’s duars – it was thought to have become extinct in the 1960s. The pygmy hog is the only member of its genus, Porcula, and there may be as few as 200 individuals left in the wild.