The production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is made possible through the IUCN Red List Partnership. © Michel Gunther The Babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM . It occurs in Indonesia on two of the Sula Islands, Mangole and Taliabu, and also on Bura, and is conﬁned to primary rainforest. In Malay, the name Babirusa means “pig deer”; its most amazing feature are four curled tusks, present only in the male. The Babirusa is gravely threatened by destruction of its rainforest habitat due to large- scale commercial logging and agricultural conversion. There is also some illegal poaching of this species for its meat by local non-Muslim village communities. The Babirusa has a low reproductive rate, and has only 1 to 2 piglets per year, which coupled with its highly restricted global range makes it vulnerable to rapid decline from any losses in its numbers. Critical steps to conserve the Babirusa include its full protection under Indonesian law and inclusion on Appendix I of CITES since 1982, making it an offence to trade this species or its parts internationally. Protected areas within the rainforest habitat in the remaining Buru rainforest and one on Taliabu are also helping to secure the future of this curious looking mammal. Knowledge Experts Action Get Involved Geographical range Amazing Species: Babirusa

Amazing Species: Babirusa

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The production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is made possiblethrough the IUCN Red List Partnership.

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The Babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa, is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It occurs in Indonesia on two of the Sula Islands, Mangole and Taliabu, and also on Bura, and is confined to primary rainforest. In Malay, the name Babirusa means “pig deer”; its most amazing feature are four curled tusks, present only in the male.

The Babirusa is gravely threatened by destruction of its rainforest habitat due to large-scale commercial logging and agricultural conversion. There is also some illegal poaching of this species for its meat by local non-Muslim village communities. The Babirusa has a low reproductive rate, and has only 1 to 2 piglets per year, which coupled with its highly restricted global range makes it vulnerable to rapid decline from any losses in its numbers.

Critical steps to conserve the Babirusa include its full protection under Indonesian law and inclusion on Appendix I of CITES since 1982, making it an offence to trade this species or its parts internationally. Protected areas within the rainforest habitat in the remaining Buru rainforest and one on Taliabu are also helping to secure the future of this curious looking mammal.

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