Pigmy Hog (Porcula salvania)

adult male, with his little-bitty tusks. Photo taken February 2014 at the breeding centre at Nameri National Park, where there are currently twelve pigmy hogs (I saw two pairs and a baby).

The main breeding centre is at Basistha near Guwahati where (according to the information at Nameri) there are between 60 and 70 pigmy hogs and from which 10 to 15 animals are released every year. At Nameri there is also a large pre-release pen in which the Basistha animals get used to living semi-wild before release at Manas National Park. Some have been released at Nameri as well, despite it probably never having been part of pigmy hog range and the park not having the right sort of habitat; it does not appear any of those released at Nameri survived.