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Desert Warthog
Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Phacochoerus
Species: P. aethiopicus
Binomial name
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas, 1766)
Subspecies
  • P. a. aethiopicus
  • P. a. delamerei Lönnberg, 1909

The Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Suidae family. It is found in northern Kenya, Somalia, possibly Djibouti, possibly Eritrea, and possibly Ethiopia. This is the range of the extant subspecies, commonly known as the Somali Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei). Another subspecies, commonly known as the Cape Warthog (P. a. aethiopicus), became extinct around 1865, but formerly occurred in South Africa.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b d'Huart, J.P., Butynski, T.M.M. & De Jong, Y. (2011). "Phacochoerus aethiopicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2012.  Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

External links [edit]

Media related to Phacochoerus aethiopicus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Phacochoerus aethiopicus at Wikispecies


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