warthog

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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 wattles, which are particularly distinct in males. The males also have very prominent tusks, which reach a length of {{convert|10|to|25|in|cm|abbr=off}}; females' tusks are always smaller.Novak, R. M. (editor) (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. {{ISBN|0-8018-5789-9}}. They are largely herbivorous, but, like most suids, opportunistically eat invertebrates or small animals, even scavenging on carrion.Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press Limited, London. {{ISBN|0-12-408355-2}}. While both species remain fairly common and widespread, and considered to be of Least Concern by the IUCN, the nominate subspecies of desert warthog, commonly known as the Cape warthog (P. a. aethiopicus) was extinct by around 1865.{{cite iucn|author=d'Huart, J.P.|author2=Butynski, T.M.M.|author3=De Jong, Y.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41767/0|title=Phacochoerus aethiopicus|access-date=20 April 2010}}

The genus Phacochoerus contains two species. The two species emerged from ecological barriers.{{Cite journal|last1=d'Huart|first1=JP|last2=Grubb|first2=P|date=2001|title=Distribution of the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in the Horn of Africa|journal=African Journal of Ecology|volume=39|issue=2|pages=156–169|doi=10.1046/j.0141-6707.2000.00298.x|via=Web of Science}} P. africanus were found with a lack of upper incisors, while P. aethiopicus were found with a full set.

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|name=Common warthog |binomial=Phacochoerus africanus

|image=File:Nolan warthog (Phacochoerus africanus africanus).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Gmelin |authority-year=1788 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Widespread in the savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia down to South Africa, absent from heavily forested or desert areas.

|range-image=File:Distribution P. africanus.svg

|range-image-size=180px

|size=A head-and-body length ranging from {{cvt|0.9|to|1.5|m}}, and shoulder height from {{cvt|63.5|to|85|cm}}. Females, at {{cvt|45|to|75|kg}}, are smaller and lighter than males, at {{cvt|60|to|150|kg}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.denverzoo.org/downloads/dzoo_warthog.pdf |title=Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus|access-date=2013-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515051829/http://www.denverzoo.org/downloads/dzoo_warthog.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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|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

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|name=Desert warthog |binomial=Phacochoerus aethiopicus

|image=File:African Warthog - Phacochoerus aethiopicus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Northern Kenya and Somalia, and possibly Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.

|range-image=File:Phacochoerus aethiopicus map.svg

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|size=Average length of {{convert|125|cm}} and weight of {{convert|75|kg}} with males being larger than females.{{cite web |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Phacochoerus_aethiopicus/ |title=Phacochoerus aethiopicus |author=Winkelstern, Ian |year=2009 |work=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=2013-09-04}}

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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies{{cite iucn|author=d'Huart, J.P.|author2=Butynski, T.M.M.|author3=De Jong, Y.|name-list-style=amp|year=2016|errata=2016|title=Phacochoerus aethiopicus|page=e.T41767A99376685|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41767A44140316.en|access-date=12 April 2022}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern. |bullets=on

|†P. a. aethiopicus (Pallas, 1766)

|P. a. delamerei Lönnberg, 1909

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• {{Commons category-inline|Phacochoerus}}
• {{Wikispecies-inline|Phacochoerus}}
• d'Huart, J.P. & Grubb, P. (2005). [http://data.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/Suiform%20soundings/Newsletter%205(2).pdf A photographic guide to the differences between the Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the Desert Warthog (Ph. aethiopicus).]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Suiform Soundings 5(2): 4–8.

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Category:Fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot