Hairy Babirusa
Babyrousa babyrussa
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Mammals
The Buru babirusa is a wild pig-like animal native to the Indonesian islands of Buru, the two Sula Islands of Mangole and Taliabu. It is also known as the Moluccan babirusa, golden babirusa, and hairy babirusa. Traditionally, this relatively small species included the other babirusas as subspecies, but it has been recommended treating them as separate species based on differences in their morphology. As also suggested by its alternative common names, the Buru babirusa has relatively long thick, gold-brown body-hair – a feature not shared by the other extant babirusas.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Suidae
- Genus
- Babyrousa