Pygmy Hog (Sus salvanius) is the smallest of all the wild pig family, having short limbs and tail. The dorsal is short and rounded. The coat is gray- brown along the back and pale on the underparts. The young ones are grayish pink in color, later developing a brown coat with faint ochre stripes before attaining adult coloring. The animal uses soft grunting calls for contacting individuals.
Adult males are larger and more robust than females. It has visible tushes and a band of dark hair along the ridge of the nose. Head-body length in male is 65 to 70 cm, and 55 to 62 cm in females. The males stand 23 to 30 cm high at shoulders and females 20 to 22 cm. Females have been seen in small groups, composed of one or two adults and their young. The males are solitary except during the mating season.
Pygmy Hog lives in secondary successional forests, dense tall grasslands, and mixed scrub associations.
The animal can be spotted in the Manas National Park, Assam.
