Banded pig

The banded pig (Sus scrofa vittatus) also known as the Indonesian wild boar is a subspecies of wild boar native to the Thai-Malay Peninsula and many Indonesian islands, including Sumatra, Java, and has been introduced to the Lesser Sundas in ancient times.

It is the most basal subspecies, having the smallest relative brain size, more primitive dentition, and unspecialised cranial structure.

[3] It is much smaller than the mainland S. s. cristatus subspecies, with the largest specimens on Komodo weighing only 48 kg.

[5] On the islands of Komodo and Rinca, its diet is more varied, encompassing roots, tubers, grasses, insects, fruits, snakes, and carrion.

Piglets are born from December to March in litters of two to six, and are raised in grass nests constructed by their mother.