The suborder Suiformes includes two families of Pigs (Suidae) and Peccary pigs (Tayassuidae), gathering omnivorous even-toed ungulates with short and fat legs, a nose shaped like a shovel used to dig for food.
If the "orthodox" pigs are widely distributed in the "Old World", including Asia, Europe and Africa, the peccary pigs are endemic to the "New World" - the Americas.
Wild boar (Sus scrofa). Size: Head and body 90–200 cm long. Distribution area: throughout the Eurasian continent. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: AZ Animals.
Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahoenobarbus). Size: Head and body 100–160 cm long. Distribution: The Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Islands in the Philippines. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: Loving Exotics.
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Borneo bearded pig (Sus barbatus). Size: Head and body 70-130 cm long. Distribution area: Southeast Asia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Oliver Wild Boar (Sus oliveri). Size: Head and body length 90-130 cm. Distribution: Mindoro Island in the central Philippines. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: ZooChat.
Philippine wild boar (Sus philippensis). Size: Head and body length 90-130 cm. Distribution: The western islands of the Philippines. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: ZooChat.
The Visayas Island Wild Boar (Sus cebifrons). Size: Head and body length 65-130 cm. Distribution: Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered. Photo: iNaturalist Guatemala.
Celebes Island wild boar (Sus celebensis). Size: Head and body 80–130 cm long. Distribution area: Sulawesi Island and some neighboring islands in Indonesia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: ZooChat.
Javanese wild boar (Sus verrucosus). Size: Head and body 90-190 cm long. Distribution: Southern Java and Bawean islands in Indonesia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Endangered. Photo: Cikananga Wildlife Center.
Dwarf pig (Porcula salvania). Size: Head and body length 55-71 cm. Distribution: State of Assam in India. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Endangered. Photo: iNaturalist.
Big wild boar (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni). Size: Head and body 130–210 cm long. Distribution: West and Central Africa. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: iNaturalist.
The bushy pig (Potamochoerus larvatus). Size: Head and body 100–150 cm long. Distribution: Eastern and Southern Africa. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: Animalies.
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Red-haired pig (Potamochoerus porcus). Size: Head and body 75-140 cm long. Distribution: Central Africa. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: Réserve Africaine de Sigean.
Common humped pig (Phacochoerus africanus). Size: Head and body length 90-150 cm. Distribution: Savanna habitats throughout Africa. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Image: Wikipedia.
Desert hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus). Size: Head and body length 90-150 cm. Distribution: Northern Kenya, Somalia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: Lategan Safaris.
Buru deer pig (Babyrousa babyrussa). Size: Head and body 65-95 cm long. Distribution: The islands of Buru, Mangole and Taliabu of Indonesia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: ZooChat.
North Sulawesi deer (Babyrousa celebensis). Size: Head and body length 85–110 cm. Distribution area: Sulawesi Island and some neighboring islands in Indonesia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: Science Photo Library.
Togian deer pig (Babyrousa togeanensis). Size: Head and body 90–110 cm long. Distribution: Togian Islands in Indonesia. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Endangered. Image: Wikipedia.
Peccary pig (Pecari tajacu). Size: Head and body 100–150 cm long. Distribution: Central America and South America. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Little concern. Photo: iNaturalist.
White-lipped peccary pig (Tayassu pecari). Size: Head and body 90–135 cm long. Distribution: Central America and South America. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society.
Chacoan peccary pig (Catagonus wagneri). Size: Head and body 80–100 cm long. Distribution: The Gran Chaco Lowlands of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. Conservation status in the IUCN Red List: Endangered. Image: Wikipedia.
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