Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Table 37.1

Genetic and demographic parameters of ex-situ populations of Chacoan peccaries (

Catagonus wagneri

), Visayan warty pigs (

Sus cebifrons

), pygmy hogs (

Porcula salvania

) and Javan warty pigs (

Sus ver

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rucosus

). FGEs, founder genome equivalents. GD, gene diversity. F, inbreeding coefficient. MK, mean kinship.

Species

Chacoan peccary

Catagonus wagner

i

Visayan warty pig

Sus cebifrons

Pygmy hog

Porcula

salvania

Javan warty pig Sus verrucosus

Programme

Proyecto Tagua

AZA SSP

EAZA EEP

Visayan Warty Pig Conservation Programme

EAZA EEP

AZA SSP

Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme

Javan Warty Pig Breeding Programme

Population size (male/female/unknown)

106

68 (28/39/1)

30 (14/15/1)

41 (22/19/0)

144 (70/71/3)

75 (34/41/0)

78 (45/33/0)

39 (19/17/3)

No. Institutions

1

16

5

3

30

18

3

2

No. Founders

~30

8*

? (from SSP)

10

5

5*

Min. 10

~10

No. Potential founders

?

0

?

0

0

0

0

0

FGEs

?

5.69*

?

?

2.74

2.07*

?

?

% pedigree known

?

100*

?

?

100

100*

?

?

% GD retained

?

87.33*

?

?

82

75.9*

?

?

Population trend

?

Increasing

Increasing

Increasing

Stable

Stable

Breed to release needs

Increasing

Average F

?

0.0368*

?

?

0.1120

0.1522*

?

?

Population MK

?

0.1267*

?

?

0.18

0.2410*

?

?

Date

Feb 2016

5 June 2014

14 Oct 2016

2001

31 Dec 2015

15 Jan 2016

2016

30 July 2016

Source

Proyecto Tagua J. M. Campos Krauer, per

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sonal communication

Meritt et

al. 2014

C. Kern, personal communication

Oliver 2008b

EEP studbook L. Przybylska, personal communication

Miller et

al. 2016

Narayan & Deka 2016

Species360 & S. Bulk, personal communication

*based on analytical data set with assumptions. AZA SSP, Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan (North America). EAZA EEP, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria European Endangered species Programme.

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