Desert Warthog
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| Desert Warthog | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | Phacochoerus |
| Species: | P. aethiopicus |
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| Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas, 1766) |
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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 (Phacochoerus a. aethiopicus), became extinct around 1865, but formerly occurred in South Africa.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41767. Retrieved 18 January 2012. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
[edit] External links
- d'Huart, J.P. & Grubb, P. (2005). A photographic guide to the differences between the Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the Desert Warthog (Ph. aethiopicus). Suiform Soundings 5(2): 4-8.
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