Vietnamese Pot-bellied
In the Jardim Zoologico de Lisboa in Lisbon | |
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): endangered: 130 |
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| Country of origin | Vietnam |
| Distribution | Red River Delta: 565 |
| Use | meat |
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| Hair | black |
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Vietnamese Pot-bellied is the exonym for the Lon I (Vietnamese: Lợn Ỉ) or I pig, an endangered traditional Vietnamese breed of small domestic pig.
The I is uniformly black and has short legs and a low-hanging belly, from which the name derives. It is reared for meat; it is slow-growing, but the pork has good flavour.: 25 The I was depicted in the traditional Đông Hồ paintings of Bắc Ninh province as a symbol of happiness, satiety and wealth.: 616