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The common warthog is a wild pig species found in Africa that is known for its distinctive appearance, including tusks and a mane of stiff hair along its back. This animal is important to African ecosystems as prey for large predators and plays a role in the landscape through its grazing and burrowing habits.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phacochoerus
- Image
- Warthog in a garden.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
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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.
Subspecies