Overview
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Hogs use their keen sense of smell to find underground foods, frequently in the soft soil along streambeds. Red River Hogs live in herds and will cooperate to fight off leopards.
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Penseelzwijn of rood rivierzwijn
Common Names in English:
Bush Pig, Red River Hog
Common Names in French:
Potamoch?re D' Afrique, Potamochère díAfrique
Description
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Physical Description
Color:
Considered to be the most colorful wild pigs with reddish brown to black coats .
Size/Age/Growth
Size can range from 120 to 250 pounds . Males are larger, and have facial warts . Life span: 15-20 years.
Habitat
A variety of habitats , usually near a permanent water source.
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[1]
Ecology:
Typically associated with rainforest and gallery forest
, but also
found in dry forest, savanna
woodland and cultivated areas, although
usually in close proximity to the rainforest (Leus and Vercammen
in press
). Like the Bushpig, Red River
Hogs
are highly adaptable
and may even benefit from the opening up of former forested areas
by the creation of secondary habitats
, the provision
of cultivated
foods, and reductions in the numbers of their natural predators
(Vercammen
et al.
1993).[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens [more info]
Biology
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Diet
Omnivorous , and will readily kill and eat small animals. Bulk of the diet is fruits, insects, carrion .
Reproduction
One to six striped piglets are born after a gestation period of 4 months.
Behavior
Predators:
Leopards, spotted hyenas, and humans.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Suborder:
Suiformes
()
- Jaeckel, 1911
- Superfamily:
Suoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Cope, 1887
- Family:
Suidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Suinae
()
- Tribe:
Potamochoerini
()
- Genus:
Potamochoerus
()
- Gray, 1854
- Specific name:
porcus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
porcus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Potamochoerus
(
- Tribe:
Potamochoerini
(
- Subfamily:
Suinae
(
- Family:
Suidae
(
- Superfamily:
Suoidea
(
- Suborder:
Suiformes
(
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Potamochoerus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. larvatus (Bush Pig) · P. porcus (Bush Pig) · P. porcus pictus (Red River Hog) · P. porcus porcus (Red River Hog)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 136, p. 144, p. 147, p. 178, p. 189, p. 196.
- Brehm's Life of animals: a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. by Alfred Edmund Brehm; copiously illustrated with wood cuts and color-plates by Fr. Specht. .. [et al]; translated from the third German edition as edited by Prof. Dr. Pechuel-Loesche and William H 1 1895 Chicago: Marquis, 1895. url p. 613.
- Bulletin of entomological research. Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. url p. 339, p. 380.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 170, p. 243.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 143 1972 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url figs. 11-14, page 209, figs. 15-18, page 210, p. 463, fig. 13, page 503, p. 505, p. 512, p. 570, p. 578, p. 607, p. 609, p. 615, p. 647, p. 657, p. 659, p. 661, p. 662, p. 679, p. 680, p. 715, p. 72, p. 738, p. 754.
- Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1869. url .
- Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 724.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. CambridgeUniversity Press1908-14 url p. 724.
- Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-16. url p. 357, p. 407, p. 425.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 10, p. 12, p. 139, p. 14, p. 140, p. 144, p. 146, p. 147, p. 15, p. 155, p. 158, p. 164, p. 197, p. 206, p. 219, p. 226, p. 229, p. 239, p. 303, p. 307, p. 367, p. 369, p. 439, p. 5, p. 597, p. 614, p. 633, p. 675, p. 7, p. 705, p. 715, p. 717, p. 718, p. 722, p. 751, p. 758, p. 763, p. 765, p. 766, p. 768, p. 775, p. 776, p. 785, p. 786, p. 861, p. 865, p. 896, p. 9, p. 911, p. 920, p. 93, p. 94, p. 944, p. 958, p. 96, p. 977, p. 986.
- Mangroves of East Africa. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 13 UNEP-WCMC url p. 11.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 160, p. 338, p. 495.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 12, p. 361, p. 363, p. 369.
- Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. Edited by R. Lydekker and J. B. Burlace. London, 1914. url p. 455.
- Records of big game, with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. London: R. Ward, limited, 1907. url p. 457.
- Records of big game: with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements / by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S. London [England]: Rowland Ward, limited, 1910. url p. 456.
- Supplement to the game animals of Africa. London: Rowland Ward, 1911. url p. 21.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 47, p. 47, p. 48, p. 48.
- The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa IUCN url p. 217, p. 265.
- The game animals of Africa, by R. Lydekker. London: R. Ward, limited, 1908. url p. 21.
- The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url , , .
- The mammals of South Africa / by W.L. Sclater. .. London: R.H. Porter, 1900-01. url p. 273.
- The natural history of animals: (class Mammalia--animals which suckle their young), in word and picture / by Carl Vogt and Friedrich Specht; translated and edited with additions by George G. Chisholm. London: Blackie & Son, [1889?] url p. ix, p. vi.
- The odyssey of an animal collector / Introd. by G. M. Vevers. New York: Longmans, Green, 1954 [c1953] url p. 362, p. 363.
- Ticks, a monograph of the Ixodoidea, by George H.F. Nuttall. .. Cecil Warburton. .. W.F. Cooper. .. and L.E. Robinson. .. Cambridge, University press, 1908-1960. url p. 421.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Querouil, S. & Leus, K. 2008. Potamochoerus porcus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 105999
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625011
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13838064
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625011
- IUCN ID: 235110
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129796
Footnotes
- Mean = 532.270 meters (1,746.293 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,455.080 based on 37 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Querouil, S. & Leus, K. 2008. Potamochoerus porcus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
