Pygmy hog  (Porcula salvania)

Thought to previously be found in a range south of the Himalayan foothills in Nepal, Bhutan and India (6), the pygmy hog was feared to be extinct by the 1960s but was 'rediscovered' in 1971. Since then however, numbers have fallen dramatically and the only viable population is today found within Manas National Park in north-western Assam, India (2).

Pygmy hogs occupy typical floodplain habitats, such as secondary successional forests, dense tall grasslands and mixed scrub associations (2).