Bearded Pigs (Sus Barbatus): Tooth-Wear and Aging Wild Populations in Sarawak
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Bearded Pigs (Sus Barbatus): Tooth-Wear and Aging Wild Populations in Sarawak. |
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Author :
Earl of Cranbrook and David Labang |
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Abstract:
The only wild pig of Borneo is the bearded pig, Sus Barbatus (Corbet & Hill, 1992). This is a long-snouted pig, stripe-coated when JL young, dark grey as an immature, but appearing white when fat and full grown. Bearded pigsoccur in all natural and semi-natural habitats on the island from the beach to mountain tops (Medway, 1977) and, in the interior,are the most abundant and most heavily hunted large mammal. While local breeding populationscan (or could, in the past) be found at any given place at all times of the year, the bearded pig is famous for its periodicmass movements (Caldecott & Caldecott, 1985; Pfeffer & Caldecott, 1986). As shown by remains recovered in the excavations at Niah Cave, Sarawak, bearded pigs have been hunted by the inhabitants of Borneo for at least the past —40,000 years (Medway, 1978).
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Earl of Cranbrook and David Labang. (2003). Bearded Pigs (Sus Barbatus): Tooth-Wear and Aging Wild Populations in Sarawak. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LVIII (79): 163-182 |
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