Found in throughout northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. Smallest, adult males average 65 cm long and 25 cm tall. Females are slightly smaller. Males average 8.5 kg in weight. Their coats have blackish brown bristles over gray-brown skin. Reproduction is seasonal, and the birth peak coincides with the monsoon in late April and May. Gestation is approximately 100 days and litters size 2 to 6, sexual maturity at 13 to 33 months and live 10 to 12 years in the wild. Small family 5 to 20 members, it was placed in the Endangered category according to IUCN in 1960. Found in the wild, but for the commercial production to receive seed, Rs 10000 per piglet to be paid to the National Park and Wild Life Conservation Department of Nepal.

Information courtesy of the FAO Farmer's Hand Book on Pig Production.