Babirusa

genus of mammals
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The babirusas are a genus Babyrousa, in the pig family (Suidae). They live in in Wallacea, or the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula and Buru.

Babirusa
Babyrousa celebensis
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Babyrousinae
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Babyrousa

Perry, 1811
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3-4, See text.

They are often called deer pigs. All members of this genus were part of a single species. After the split into several species, Babyrousa is restricted to the Buru babirusa from Buru and Sula, whereas the best-known species, the north Sulawesi babirusa is named B. celebensis.

The name "pig-deer" has sometimes also been used in English, and is a direct translation of the Indonesian babi-rusa.