Phacochoerus
wart hogs
- Phacochoerus africanus (common warthog)
- Phacochoerus aethiopicus (desert warthog)
- Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei (Somali desert warthog)
- Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus
(Cape warthog)
References
d'Huart, J. P. and P. Grubb. 2001. Distribution of the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in the Horn of Africa. African Journal of Ecology 39(2):156-169.
Grubb, P. 1993. The Afrotropical suids Phacochoerus, Hylochoerus, and Potamochoerus: taxonomy and description. In: Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. W. L. R. Oliver, ed. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland.
Randi, E., J. P. d'Huart, V. Lucchini and R. Aman. 2002. Evidence of two genetically deeply divergent species of warthog, Phacochoerus africanus and P. aethiopicus (Artiodactyla: Suiformes) in Africa. Mammalian Biology 7:91?96.
Vercammen, P. and D. R. Mason. 1993. The warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus and P. aethiopicus). In: Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. W. L. R. Oliver, ed. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Phacochoerus africanus |
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| Location | Kumasinga hide, Mkhuze, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Warthog |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Scientific Name | Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
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| Location | Uganda |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Warthog |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Michael Jefferies |
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