The common warthog 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.
Image: Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) male
Image: Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) female
Southern warthog P. a. sundevallii female, South Africa
Nolan warthog P. a. africanus Senegal
Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera. Within this family, the genus Sus includes the domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus, and many species of wild pig from Europe to the Pacific. Other genera include babirusas and warthogs. All suids, or swine, are native to the Old World, ranging from Asia to Europe and Africa.
Wild boar feeding on carcass in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
Chleuastochoerus fossil skull
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