One of the world’s weirdest mammals found im the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, to which due to their prehistoric like appearance, they are called the pig deer by the locals in the Malay language.
I remember having seen these extraordinary looking suids at a number of European zoos during the 1990's and early 2000's and looking on Zootierliste it appears that over 30 zoos across the continent once held and presumably bred the babirusa.
Today if Zootierliste is anything to go by the...
Here is the website of the IUCN wild pig & peccary specialist group which is full of interesting literature and information on the worlds wild pigs and peccaries and their conservation.
Enjoy ;)
Wild Pig, Peccary & Hippo Specialist Groups