Common Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 10,855
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus, but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common warthog”.