Description
English: North Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)
Deutsch: Hirscheber
Date 28 January 2007 (original upload date)
(Original text: 28.01.2007)
Source Own work
Author Masteraah at German Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Masteraah

The North Sulawesi babirusa, Babyrousa celebensis, is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and the nearby some nearby islands (Lembeh, Buton, and Muna Islands) in Indonesia. It has two pairs of large tusks composed of enlarged canine teeth. The upper canines penetrate the top of the snout, curving back toward the forehead. The North Sulawesi babirusa is threatened from hunting and deforestation. The common and scientific names are various transcriptions of its local name, which literally translated means "pig-deer" (from Indonesian babi "pig" + rusa "deer"[2] - see also Javan Rusa) in reference to the huge tusks of the male suggestive of a deer's antlers. Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Suidae, Subfamily: Babyrousinae.