Pygmy Hog

Porcula salvania

Status: Critically Endangered Region: Bhutan and Assam (India) Population remaining: 200 – 500

Pygmy hogs are very small pigs that are about 20 to 30cm tall and 55 to 71cm long. They inhabit dense grasslands and feed on tubers, roots, insects, rodents and small reptiles. Previously found in India, Nepal and Bhutan, the Indian native is now only found in a few locations in northwestern Assam, India. The main threats to the species are the loss and degradation of habitat due to logging, livestock grazing, human settlements, agricultural encroachment and dry-season burning.