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Phacochoerus
genus of wild pigs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phacochoerus is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs (pronounced wart-hog). It is the sole genus of subfamily Phacochoerinae. These pigs live in open and semiopen habitats, even in quite dry regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The genus Phacochoerus has two species.
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Phacochoerus | |
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Male Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Tribe: | Phacochoerini |
Genus: | Phacochoerus F. Cuvier, 1826 |
Species | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
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