Common warthog
| Common warthog | |
|---|---|
| Male P. a. sundevallii Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
| Female P. a. sundevallii Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Phacochoerus |
| Species: | P. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin, 1788) | |
| Subspecies | |
|
4 sspp.; see text | |
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. 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.
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