It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines.

Due to the small numbers of remaining Visayan warty pigs in the wild, little is known of their behaviors or characteristics outside of captivity.

The Visayan warty pig is endemic to six islands in the Philippines: Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor.

[2][3] The species includes the following subspecies: The Visayan warty pig receives its name from the three pairs of fleshy "warts" present on the visage of the boar.

[6] The biggest threat to the Visayan warty pig is habitat loss caused by commercial logging and slash-and-burn farming.

Elsewhere in North America, zoos in Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Phoenix, Tucson, Miami, Tampa, Saint Louis, Attleboro, Melbourne, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Boise, Cincinnati,[10] and Apple Valley have also kept the species.