Babyrousa bolabatuensis Hooijer, 1950:121

Bola Batu babirusa

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Babyrousa babyrussa bolabatuensis Hooijer, 1950:121

Conservation Status

Extinct (Jackson et al., 2024:692)

Last record: Holocene (Jackson et al., 2024:692)

A subspecies of uncertain validity, extant individuals from the central and southern part of the island may represent this taxon (Macdonald, 2005).

Distribution & Habitat

Sulawesi (south-western), Indonesia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Hooijer, D. A. (1950).  Man and other mammals from Toalian sites in south-western Celebes. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandische Akademie van Wetenschappen 46(2): 164 pp.

Other references:

Groves, Colin. (1980). Notes on the systematics of Babyrousa (Artiodactyla, Suidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 55: 29-46.

Jackson, Stephen M., Travouillon, Kenny J., Beck, Robin, M. D., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J., Helgen, Kristofer M., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48(4): 548-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Macdonald, Alastair A. (2005). The Conservation of the Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), pp. 90-111. In: N. Sugiri, A.H. Mustari, I. S. Suwelo & I. Djuwita (Eds.) Kumpulan makalah seminar sehari peduli anoa dan babirusa Indonesia, Bogor, 20 September 2005. Institut Pertanian Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia.

Meijaard, E. and Groves, Colin P. (2002). Upgrading three subspecies of babirusa (Babyrousa sp.) to full species level. Asian Wild Pig News 2(2): 33-39.

Meijaard, E. and Groves, Colin P. (2002b). Proposal for taxonomic changes within the genus Babyrousa. IUCN/SSC Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group (PPHSG) Newsletter 2: 9-10.

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