All 20 Wild Pig Species (& Their Piglets!)

Explore all 20 species of wild pigs, where they live and what makes them unique. This video includes both Old and New World pigs and takes a quick look at the feral populations in the United States.

Chapters
0:17 Red River Hog
1:32 Bushpig
2:28 Common Warthog
4:31 Desert Warthog
5:26 Giant Forest Hog
6:27 Pygmy Hog
7:28 Wild Boar
9:24 Bearded Pigs
10:49 Warty Pigs
12:24 Babirusas
13:56 New World Pigs
14:33 Collared Peccary
15:30 White-lipped Peccary
16:14 Chacoan Peccary

More rabbit holes to dive into!

Creative Commons Attribution
Bushpigs, Mapungubwe National Park - Derek Keats
Bushpig, Waterberg District Municipality - kellyabram
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - darren_j_obbard
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - claudekolwelter
Desert_Warthog, Samburu, Kenya - elebew
Giant Forest Hog, Aberdare Forest, Kenya - opisska
Giant Forest Hog Ark Lodge, Kenya - desertnaturalist
Giant Forest Hog - Ashwin Viswanathan
Pygmy hog, Assam Breeding Center - A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF
Pygmy Hog Research and Breeding Centre - PJeganathan
Pygmy Hog - kalyanvarma

Editorial

Maps
Red River Hog - U. Schröter / WikiCommons
Bushpig - Cephas / WikiCommons
Giant Forest Hog - Cephas / WikiCommons
Common Warthog - Mad Max / WikiCommons
Desert Warthog Cephas / WikiCommons
Borneo Bearded Pig, Palawan bearded pig, Oliver's + Philippine warty pig - PhnomPencil / WikiCommons & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
Visayan warty pig - U. Schröter / WikiCommons
Javan warty pig - OJJ / WikiCommons
Sulawesi babirusa, Moluccan babirusa & Togian babirusa - Cephas / WikiCommons
Collared peccary, White-lipped peccary - Luke Beall / WikiCommons
Chacoan peccary - Kullanıcı-Mskyrider / WikiCommons

Media & Attribution

Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

Red River hog

Bushpig
The link below automatically downloads the PDF when clicked

Common warthog
Differences between desert & common warthogs

Giant forest hog

Pygmy hog

Wild boar

Bearded pigs x 2

Warty pigs x 5

Babirusa x 3

Collared Peccary

White-lipped Peccary

Chacoan Peccary

#textbooktravel #animals #pig

[theghosthero]

I had no idea there was such diversity of wild pigs in africa, you are one of the only channels I follow to consistantly present new and interesting animals I have never heard of. Keep it up

[lorefreak]

Love the "and their piglets" part. Many creatures young look radically different than the adult version.

[Alias_Anybody]

The fact that the piglets all look so similar is a clear indicator that those stripes are simply VERY good camouflage in low brushes.

Sad to see how pigs also suffer from the "bee fallacy". There's one species that's doing really well but a dozen that are endangered and people are unaware because they barely know the difference.

[tropicaldino]

When he was a young warthog, he found his aroma had a certain appeal, he could clear the savannah after every meal. He's a sensitive soul while he seems thick skinned, and it hurts when his friends never stood, downwind it was a shame, oh the same he thought of changing his name every time that he farte....

[himemiya]

So many delightful sneefs and snorfs. Thank you.

[DeMortuisAutNilAut]

If pygmy hogs could be domesticated I think they would be widespread because people would want them as pets

[noelmalo]

Fun fact:The pygmy hog, rarest wild pig, is so rare, whith only 250 left, it is only found in 1 zoo :Asam Zoo in India.

[indyreno]

Fun fact: pigs and peccaries are still only distantly related, peccaries are the only extant family of the superfamily Tayassuoidea whereas pigs are the only extant family of the superfamily Suoidea, both superfamilies constitute the infraorder Suina that is included within the suborder Bunodontia which does group them with the hippos (family Hippopotamidae) that are the only extant family of both the superfamily Hippopotamoidea and the infraorder Ancodonta, the Bunodontia suborder also includes the extinct andrewsarchids and entelodonts, a majority of bunodonts are omnivorous, which explains why pigs, peccaries, and hippos are all descended from hoofed predators, the earliest bunodonts did resemble carnivorans but actually had hooves on their feet rather than claws, all members of the Bunodontia suborder have upper incisors rather than dental pads, which are seen only in the more exclusively herbivorous suborder Selenodontia.

[stefangoldensteinwildlife]

I didn't know that so many wild pigs exist. very good informations about all species. Greets Stefan

[whyareyoureadingmynickname]

There are 2 types of people in this world - those who think that wild piglets are the cutest things in the world and those that are wrong.

[MoDavison]

Me at 430am : I guess I'm learning about wild pigs 🤷🏿‍♀️

[theflyingdutchguy]

i was not aware that there are 2 species of warthog. thanks!

[vincentx]

One error in the video: white lipped peccary is larger than collared peccary, which do not exceed 30kg.

[Minyassa]

Fantastic video, thank you. I had no clue there were so many different wild pig species. Also this made me go look up what a "javelina" is, and turns out it is another name for a collared peccary. So now I know.

[venditameloni]

Clicked for the pigs, stayed for the piglets.

[elintrovertido]

You are one of my favourite channels!! Another great video.

[vallgron]

Love this channel I never retain read info but this channel lists off so many different species other channels never even consider covering

[miftaahalislam]

I swear bro was being sarcastic when talking about the Babirusa

[shedrackjassen]

Wow, I wrote a recommendation for this episode more than twice on Youtube.
Thank you so much for this😁😁😁😁😁

[chandraathithan]

Your videos are always informative and unique.