Common warthog

Common warthog
	Male P. a. sundevallii; Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
	Female P. a. sundevallii; Etosha National Park, Namibia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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.^[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.

[iucn-1] 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.

[MSW3-2] 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.

[3] 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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Common warthog

Male P. a. sundevallii Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

Female P. a. sundevallii Etosha National Park, Namibia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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