Description
Sus babirussa
Date 1700-1880
Medium Print
Dimensions Height: 27,04 cm. Width: 21,47 cm.
Current location
Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam

The Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), also known as the Moluccan babirusa, golden babirusa or hairy babirusa, is a wild pig-like animal native to the island of Buru and the two Sula Islands of Mangole and Taliabu, all belonging to Indonesia. Traditionally, this relatively small species included the other babirusas as subspecies, but it has been recommended treating them as separate species based on differences in their morphology. As also suggested by its alternative common names, the Buru Babirusa has relatively long thick, gold-brown body-hair – a feature not shared by the other extant babirusas. Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Suidae, Subfamily: Babyrousinae.