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HOGLET HUMPDAY FEATURE SPECIES: Red River Hog, Potamochoerus porcus

Gestation period: 120 days.
Litter size: Up to 6, though 3-4 on average.
Hoglet weight: 650- 900 g (23-32 oz)
Weaning: By four months.
Sexual maturity: Adulthood is reached by around two years of age.
Life span: They live for about fifteen years.
Piglets are usually born between the end of the dry season, February, and the mid wet season, July.
The mothers construct nests of dry leaves and grasses.
Their coats at birth are dark, with rusty yellow stripes and spots. The striking red coat and white dorsal stripe of the species begins to develop around six months of age. The rest of their characteristic features are seen later in maturity.
They are the smallest of the African pigs, at maturity weighing 45- 130 kg (100-285 lbs) and growing to 100-130 cm (40-50 inches) in length.

HOGLET HUMPDAY FEATURE SPECIES : Visayan Warty Pig, Sus cebifrons

Gestation period: 118 days.
Litter size: 2-4, with 3 being the average.
Weaning: By six months.
Sexual maturity: As young as 12-14 months in captivity, although 2-3 years is more typical.
Life span: 10-15 years.
Piglets are usually born in January, February, and March (the dry season).
Mothers construct nests, and fun fact: at the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris they were apparently using sticks and pieces of bark as tools in the process of constructing farrowing nests ! ( Link )
At birth, Visayan warty pigs are light brown in color, with four dark stripes running down the body from head to tail. These stripes fade as the infants grow, and mature coloration is reached at one year.

HOGLET HUMPDAY FEATURE SPECIES : Bornean Bearded Pig, Sus barbatus

Gestation period: 90-120 days wild; 100-160 days captive.
Litter size: Highly variable, avg. 7-9. Small females may only produce 3-4, while large, well-conditioned females may have up to 12.
Weaning: Unknown. Piglets begin solid foods at just a few weeks.
Sexual maturity: 1.5 years, but mating occurs ~4 years.
Life span: 13-16 years.

Mothers build large, deep nests out of foliage; in which newborn piglets will remain for about a week after birth.
In the wild, bearded pigs breed year-round, with a noted peak in mating activity when fruit trees end their flowering cycle. Thus most births occur when fruits are ripe. Females may be able to raise two litters within a year if food is especially abundant. Mothers are very protective of their offspring and will chase away even other bearded pigs.
Infants have a distinctive pattern of pale stripes which begins to fade at approximately 5 weeks of age ('beard' growth also begins around then).