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AMPHIBIANS:
Pac Man Frog
BIRDS:
Chickens
Cockatoo, Sulfer Crested
Chinese Geese
Ducks
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Macaw, Blue & Yellow
Miniature Macaw
Parrot, Amazon
MAMMALS:
Black Bear
Bobcat
Capuchin, Black & White
Coati Mundis
Cougar
Deer, Fallow
Ferrets
Goat (Pygmy)
Hedgehog
Lemur, Ringtailed
Leopard, black
Liger
Lion (African)
Lion (Barbary)
Macaque, Java
Macaque, Snow
Marmoset
Pig
Sheep
Tiger (Bengal)
Tiger (Siberian)
Vervet
Wolves
Zebra
REPTILES:
Alligator
Anaconda
Bearded Dragon
Boa, Columbian
California King Snake
Corn Snake
Iguana
Lizard, African Plated
Python, Burmese
Python, Reticulated
Python, Royal
Skink, Blue Tongue
Tortoise, Spurred
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| Asian
Potbellied
Miniature Pig |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Full
grown Potbelly Miniature Pigs range from 15-18 inches in height, average
3 foot in length and weigh an average of 70-150 pounds with some reaching
200 pounds or more. (At one time the ideal weight, according to breeders,
was around 50 pounds, but evidently this standard has been changed.)
Males are larger than females. (Their farmyard cousins can weigh up
to 1500 pounds.) Unlike livestock pigs, Miniature Potbellies have
retained the shiny dark gray, brown, or black coat of the wild boars,
with occasional spots of white. Solid white coats are also found.
Their tails are long and straight rather than curly. They have an
exaggerated potbelly, a swayed back, and erect ears.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL
RANGE AND HABITAT: |
Found
in the domesticated state in Asia, Europe, and North America.
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| DIET: |
| Pigs
are omnivorous. With wild pigs activity is mainly nocturnal and
crepuscular, but domestic pigs adjust to a daytime schedule. They
eat fungi, tubers, bulbs, green vegetation, grains, nuts, cultivated
crops, invertebrates, small vertebrates and carrion.
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| LIFE
CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE: |
Wild
pigs live in a group of females and their offspring with males joining
the group to mate. Pigs differ from other ungulates in that they are
born in a nest and remain there following birth. Potbelly Pigs reach
puberty around 6-7 months of age. Females have a heat cycle every
21 days that lasts about 3 days. The gestation period is around 114
days and a litter of 4 to 12 is usually produced. Piglets are weaned
at 8-10 weeks. Full growth is not reached until about 3-4 years of
age. Life span is about 12-18 years.
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| SPECIAL
ADAPTATIONS: |
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snout is adapted for rooting for food; a cartilaginous disc supported
and strengthened by a prenasal bone makes a very good digging tool.
The pig has a very keen sense of smell and can locate minuscule
amounts of food in the soil and can follow it by air-scenting. They
have been used by law enforcement agencies to sniff out drugs.
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| INTERPRETIVE
INFORMATION: |
| Wild
pigs throughout the world have been extensively hunted for food,
sport and as pests to man’s crops. Size, temperament, and
sharp tusks of many make them potentially dangerous adversaries.
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| STATUS
IN WILD: |
| Found
only in the domesticated state.
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| Special
thanks to the Oakland Zoo website where most of this data was obtained.
Please visit them at http://www.oaklandzoo.org |
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