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Common warthog
| Common warthog | |
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| Male P. a. sundevallii Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
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| Female P. a. sundevallii Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Phacochoerus |
| Species: | P. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin, 1788)
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| Subspecies | |
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4 sspp.; see text | |
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Distribution of the common warthog Possible range or accidental records | |
The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] 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.[3]
- ^ a b de Jong, Y.A.; Cumming, D.; d'Huart, J.; Butynski, T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Phacochoerus africanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41768A109669842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41768A44140445.en. Retrieved 18 April 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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