Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Conservation

Conservation — practice question

The Visayan warty pig, *Sus cebifrons*, occurs on two islands in the Philippines. Fig. 1.1 depicts a female Visayan warty pig together with her young.
(a(i))[2]

Suggest two reasons for the critically endangered status of the Visayan warty pig.

(a(ii))[3]

Describe the part played by zoos in conserving the Visayan warty pig.

(b)[3]

Sometimes the Visayan warty pigs will breed with domestic pigs, *Sus domesticus*. Suggest the consequences of this interspecific breeding.

(c)[2]

Table 1.1 presents part of the classification of the Visayan warty pig. Complete Table 1.1.

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