Babyrousa togeanensis

Sody, 1949

Togian Babirusa

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Location:Indonesia, Central Sulawesi province, Togean Islands, Malenge IslandDate taken:22 September 2025

Distribution :

Known only from Malenge Isl (Indonesia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8102

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Suina
Superfamily: Suoidea
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Babyrousinae
Genus: Babyrousa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sody, H.J.V. 1949-12-21. Notes on some Primates, Carnivora, and the babirusa from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions. Treubia 20(2):121-190.

Original name as described

Babirussa babyrussa togeanensis

Type material

RMNH.MAM.10607 (= MZB 81/40)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.10607.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.10607.b

Type locality

"Malengi island, Togean group, Res. Manado, N. Celebes" (Indonesia, N Sulawesi, Togean Isls, Malenge Isl).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006363

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Babirussa babyrussa togeanensis

Sody, 1949

Family

Suidae

Root name

togeanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.10607 (= MZB 81/40)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Malengi island, Togean group, Res. Manado, N. Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Togian Islands.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.10607.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.10607.b

Authority page

187

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1949:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31862)
Groves & Grubb (2011:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Babyrousa babyrussa tongeanensis:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Suidae

Root name

tongeanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635682

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Babyrousa togeanensis:

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

togeanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136472/44143172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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