They make whistle noises and chucking sounds. Whistle pig is this animal's nickname. The whistle means a predator is coming. They eat all kinds of plants and they get fat by the fall. The fat lets them hibernate through the win ter.
Females tend to breed at the age of two.
The average size of their litters is a bit over four pups. They live in dug up holes or in rocky peaks. You could find them sunning on rocks or in a meadow. Their head and shoulders are black and white. Their feet are black and the body is yellowish gray.