Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of African swine fever in India. There ...

World's tiniest pig, once thought extinct, returning to the wild. The shy, 10-inch-tall pygmy hog, "rediscovered" in 1971, is steadily increasing in number due to captive breeding in its native India.

Pygmy hogs in danger. The pygmy hog, which has the scientific name porcula salvania, is the sole member of the Porcula genus and is considered the world's smallest and rarest pig.

Aaranyak said, "Pygmy hogs are extremely shy and secretive in the wild, remain hidden in tall dense grass, and rarely emerge in the open, which has made monitoring them at the reintroduction site ...

18 rare pygmy hogs reintroduced in their historical home in Assam The world’s smallest and rarest wild pig, the pygmy hog, which was almost wiped out from the alluvial grasslands running across ...

Guwahati: Eighteen captive-bred pygmy hogs, the world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs, were released in Assam’s Manas National Park on Saturday, takin.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that Manas National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will ...

A total of nine critically endangered pygmy hogs have been released into Manas National Park, enhancing conservation efforts and boosting the population of this rare species. This marks the fifth ...

Captive breeding and conservation efforts since 1996 have provided pygmy hogs, the smallest wild pig species, its largest home in Assam forests. Newsletters . ePaper . Sign in. Home. India.

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The Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) started its work in 1996 when two males and two females were captured from the Bansbari Range of Manas National Park.