Phacochoerus africanus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Common Warthog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Family : Suidae
Genus : Phacochoerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gmelin, J.F. 1788-07-25. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg Emanuel Beer, Leipzig, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751440

Original name as described

Sus africanus

Type locality

"Habitat in Africa a capite viridi as caput bonae spei"; restricted to Senegal, "Cape Verd [Verde]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006366

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phacochoerus aethiopicus shortridgei

St. Leger, 1932

Family

Suidae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.6.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6180c77e-d229-4d1b-a8f9-67f5b7c90a39

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus barkeri

W. Rothschild, 1920

Family

Suidae

Root name

barkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.4431

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff3ce27f-28f4-4f45-b7a3-afca74af0807

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15687703

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus africanus centralis

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Suidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919163

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phascochaeres Aeliani

Cretzschmar, 1828

Family

Suidae

Root name

aeliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:1472

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

61, pl. 25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140673

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Jardine (1836:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39772)

Phacochoerus æthiopicus fossor

E. Schwarz, 1913

Family

Suidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:6398

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635826

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1913:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus africanus bufo

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Suidae

Root name

bufo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164796

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358a2ed01-0606-418a-b5c7-6bd7ce56237a

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096160

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:877, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phascochoerus africanus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

341

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207808

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Phacochœrus OEliani

Lesson, 1842

Family

Suidae

Root name

oeliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

162

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phacochoerus æthiopicus æliani

E. Schwarz, 1913

Family

Suidae

Root name

aeliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635826

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Schwarz (1913:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)

Phacochoerus africanus aeliani

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Suidae

Root name

aeliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

877

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763848

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:877, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus africanus africanus

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

877

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763848

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:877, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Phacochoerus africanus fossor

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Suidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

874

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763845

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Zimara (1935:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Phacochoerus africanus massaicus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

massaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

sundevallii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Phacochoerus africanus sundervallii

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Suidae

Root name

sundervallii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

571

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Sus africanus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751440

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Daudin (1802:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Phacochœrus africanus

F. Cuvier, 1826

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305618

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Matschie (1895:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Allen (1909:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  4. Schwarz (1920:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41768/109669842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phacochoerus incisivus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828

Family

Suidae

Root name

incisivus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

320-321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24377953

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus haroia

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832

Family

Suidae

Root name

haroia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus barbatus

Gloger, 1841

Family

Suidae

Root name

barbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515440

Authority publication

Breslau

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus sclateri

J. E. Gray, 1870

Family

Suidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phacochoerus massaicus

Lönnberg, 1908

Family

Suidae

Root name

massaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

54

Authority publication

book

Phacochoerus sundevallii

Lönnberg, 1908

Family

Suidae

Root name

sundevallii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

54

Authority publication

book

Phacochoerus helmei

T. F. Dreyer & Lyle, 1931

Family

Suidae

Root name

helmei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Bloemfontein

Phacochoerus kabuae

Whitworth, 1965

Family

Suidae

Root name

kabuae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88-100

Authority publication

Durham University Journal

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