Vulnerable

Babirusa

Babyrousa celebensis

Babirusa

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“Babirusas can stand on their back hooves to eat leaves on the lower branches of a tree. Babirusas can stand on their back hooves to eat leaves on the lower branches of a tree. Babirusa means “pig deer” in the language of Malay; their tusks resemble deer antlers. “

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Mammalia

ORDER

Artiodactyla

FAMILY

Suidae

GENUS

Babyrousa

Location

Indonesia

Mammal

Omnivore

Habitat

Terrestrial, Freshwater, Forest, Wetlands (inland)

Food

Berries, Leaves, Fruit, Insects, Carrion, Fungi, Bark, Grasses

Threat

Poaching
Habitat Destruction

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