S. b. barbatus from Borneo. S. b. oi from Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka and the Riau islands. S. b. ahoenobarbus on Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian islands.

The natural vegetation where bearded pigs are found is dominated by tropical evergreen rainforest. However, within this broad category the animals utilise a wide variety of habitat types, ranging from beaches to upper montane cloud forest. Bearded pigs consume roots, fungi, invertebrates, small vertebrates, turtle eggs, carrion and items from at least 50 genera and 29 families of plants. Fruit supply, particularly the oil-rich seeds of members of the tree families Fagaceae (oaks and chestnuts) and Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarps) is believed to have particular influence in determining growth rate, fat deposition and reproduction.

The basic social structure is that of the female and her family. Fully adult males seldom associate with natal groups. In any one area the rut coincides with synchronised flowering in the forest, with the timing being centred on the transition between late flowering and early fruit formation. Pregnancy lasts between 90 and 120 days, after which between 3 and 12 (average of 7) piglets are born. The sub-species S. b. oi and S. b. ahoenobarbus were listed in 1996 as lower risk, near threatened.
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Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Royal Veterinary College .