Mumbai, India — In the thick, tall grasslands of the Himalaya foothills lives the endangered pygmy hog, a species so small its piglets can fit in your pocket. Standing about 10 inches tall ...

The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) stands barely 25-30 cm (10-12 inches) high and weighs up to 9kg (20lb). Just a few hundred at most are thought to remain, all of them in India's north-eastern state of ...

Pygmy hogs stand at a mere 20 to 30 centimeters in height They used to thrive in the Himalayan foothills of India, Nepal and Bhutan Their population dropped in the 1960s and were feared extinct ...

A conservation group called Aaranyak explained how pygmy hogs are a unique animal species and a sensitive habitat indicator. Aaranyak said, "Pygmy hogs are extremely shy and secretive in the wild ...

Assam is home to the world's smallest and rarest wild suid (pigs), the Pygmy Hog ( Porcula salvania). Bullet-shaped, standing just 25 cm tall, they were once widely found in the wet grasslands of ...

GUWAHATI: Eighteen captive-bred pygmy hogs, the smallest and rarest pigs on earth, were released in western Assam’s Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve on Saturday, September 30. It was the ...

The trust also said it was celebrating its 30 years of its work in India with the endangered pygmy hog, the smallest pig in the world. It said since the 1970s, Durrell had been working in Assam to ...

Guwahati: Eighteen captive-bred pygmy hogs, the world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs, were released in Assam’s Manas National Park on Saturday, taking the total number of this critically ...

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust said six of the pygmy hogs released in India this year have been fitted with radio trackers Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust said its team in India has ...

The project is part of the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme, which in total has released 170 hogs into the area. Dr Lesley Dickie, CEO of Durrell, said the species was "among the world's most ...