Warthog

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Warthog
Male common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Tribe: Phacochoerini
Genus: Phacochoerus
F. Cuvier, 1826
Type species
Aper aethiopicus[1]

Pallas, 1766
Species

Phacochoerus aethiopicus

Phacochoerus africanus

Synonyms
  • Aper Pallas, 1766
  • Dinochoerus Gloger, 1841
  • Eureodon G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
  • Macrocephalus Frisch, 1775
  • Macrocephalus Palmer, 1904
  • Phacellochaerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
  • Phacellochoerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
  • Phacochaeres Gray, 1821
  • Phacocherus Fleming, 1822
  • Phacochoerus G. Cuvier, 1816
  • Phascochaeres Cretzschmar, 1828
  • Phascochaerus Desmarest, 1822
  • Phascochoeres Ranzani, 1821
  • Phascochoerus Ranzani, 1821

Phacochoerus is a genus in the family

conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus, but today this is limited to the desert warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the common warthog (or simply warthog), is Phacochoerus africanus.[2]

Skull

Description

Although covered in bristly hairs, a warthog's body and head appear largely bare, from a distance, with only a crest of hair along the back and the tufts on the face and tail being obvious. The English name "wart"-hog refers to their facial

extinct by around 1865.[5]

Species in taxonomic order

The genus Phacochoerus contains two species. The two species emerged from ecological barriers.[6] P. africanus were found with a lack of upper incisors, while P. aethiopicus were found with a full set.[6]

Genus Phacochoerus – F. Cuvier, 1826 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Common warthog

Phacochoerus africanus
(Gmelin, 1788)

Four subspecies
  • Nolan (northern) warthog (P. a. africanus) Gmelin, 1788
  • Eritrean warthog (P. a. aeliani) Cretzschmar, 1828
  • Central African warthog (P. a. massaicus) Lönnberg, 1908
  • Southern warthog (P. a. sundevallii) Lönnberg, 1908</small
Widespread in the savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia down to South Africa, absent from heavily forested or desert areas.
Map of range 		Size: A head-and-body length ranging from 0.9 to 1.5 m (2 ft 11 in to 4 ft 11 in), and shoulder height from 63.5 to 85 cm (25.0 to 33.5 in). Females, at 45 to 75 kg (99 to 165 lb), are smaller and lighter than males, at 60 to 150 kg (130 to 330 lb).[7]

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Desert warthog

Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas, 1766)

Two subspecies[8]
  • †P. a. aethiopicus (Pallas, 1766)
  • P. a. delamerei Lönnberg, 1909
Northern Kenya and Somalia, and possibly Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.
Map of range 		Size: Average length of 125 centimetres (49 in) and weight of 75 kilograms (165 lb) with males being larger than females.[9]

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. OCLC 62265494
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  2. OCLC 62265494
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  3. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
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  4. ISBN 0-12-408355-2
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  5. ^ d'Huart, J.P.; Butynski, T.M.M. & De Jong, Y. (2008). "Phacochoerus aethiopicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  6. ^
    doi:10.1046/j.0141-6707.2000.00298.x
    – via Web of Science.
  7. ^ "Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  8. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41767A44140316.en
    . Retrieved 12 April 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  9. ^ Winkelstern, Ian (2009). "Phacochoerus aethiopicus". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

External links

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