Potamochoerus larvatus

(F. Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1816)

Bushpig

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, G. 1816-12-17. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation. Tome I, contentant l'introduction les mammifères et les oiseaux. Deterville, Paris, 540 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844746

Original name as described

Sus larvatus

Type locality

"Madagascar" (no exact type locality known).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · South Sudan · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes citation

Balboa, R. F., Bertola, L. D., Brüniche-Olsen, A., Rasmussen, M. S., Liu, X., Besnard, G., ... & Heller, R. (2023). African bush pigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival. bioRxiv, 2023-08.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006368

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Sus africanus

(von Schreber, 1791)

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

pl. 327

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078348

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Thunberg (1811:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Sus larvatus

(F. Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1816)

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844746

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1816:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  2. Voigt (1819:422, https://books.google.com/books?id=HJhQ5QmNDEkC&pg=PA422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  3. Schinz (1821:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Desmarest (1822:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  5. Cuvier (1822:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34817670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68295)
  6. Griffith, Smith & Pidgeon (1825:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33268329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59863)
  7. Lesson (1827:340, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Fischer (1829:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Smuts (1832:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  10. Blyth (1840:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  11. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Sus koïropotamus

(Desmoulins in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1831)

Family

Suidae

Root name

koiropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN Galerie 116-671

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

unnumbered plate (fig. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48197006

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Jardine (1836:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39772)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Phascochaeres larvatus

(Jardine, 1836)

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064526

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

Jardine (1836:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39772)

Phacochœrus koiropotamus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Suidae

Root name

koiropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

162

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Sus Choiropotamus

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1846)

Family

Suidae

Root name

choiropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15941016

Authority publication

Dresden

Sus capensis

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Suidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1938.4.16.81

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44755587

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1847:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44755587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38772)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus africanus

Crisp, 1862

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  2. Blyth (1863:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Gray (1868:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39152)
  4. Gray (1869:340, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  5. Sclater (1872:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Sclater (1883:631, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68973)
  7. Noack (1887:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  8. Noack (1891:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7780970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  9. Matschie (1895:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  10. Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)

Sus capensis

(Gerrard, 1862)

Family

Suidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8413496

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Nyctochoerus Hassama

(von Heuglin, 1863)

Family

Suidae

Root name

hassama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496793

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Potamochærus Africanus

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Suidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580332

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Bocage (1890:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)

Potamochærus larvatus

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580332

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Potamochoerus Edwardsi

A. Grandidier, 1867

Family

Suidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1901-71

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704498

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Sus madagascariensis

(A. Grandidier, 1867)

Family

Suidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704265

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus madagascariensis

J. E. Gray, 1869

Family

Suidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397263

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1869:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Potamochoerus choeropotamus

Forsyth Major, 1897

Family

Suidae

Root name

choeropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987536

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Wroughton (1907:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  3. Lydekker (1908:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  4. Lönnberg (1910:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  5. Ward (1910:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  6. Roberts (1913:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus choeropotamus daemonis

Forsyth Major, 1897

Family

Suidae

Root name

daemonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.4.24.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c737a6d-28ee-4ace-80be-2f1ba61c07fe

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Lönnberg (1910:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus johnstoni

Forsyth Major, 1897

Family

Suidae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.5.9.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0452d117-0971-4371-8253-e03056d4eebf

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus choeropotamus nyasae

Forsyth Major, 1897

Family

Suidae

Root name

nyasae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.7.10, BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.7.9

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Lydekker (1908:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Lönnberg (1910:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)

Macrocephalus larvatus

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36208576

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1907:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36208576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35101)

Potamochoerus hassama

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Suidae

Root name

hassama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741615

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Lönnberg (1910:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)

Potamochœrus porcus congicus

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

congicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457079

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1910:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochœrus larvatus hova

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

hova

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.162

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0eb06f3c-57d4-48c7-a76f-994f1363907e

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457097

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1910:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochœrus intermedius

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.12.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4ece8f45-8335-4c05-a12b-e8ce80cd2869

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457103

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1910:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochœrus chœropotamus johnstoni

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457087

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Lönnberg (1910:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)

Potamochœrus larvatus

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457093

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1910:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  2. Grubb (1993:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  3. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41770/44140926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Potamochœrus chœropotamus maschona

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

maschona

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.8.135

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/19c98e8d-1cc5-4ffd-94d4-6c80fd7dd126

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457085

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1910:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6457085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69052)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus choeropotamus keniae

Lönnberg, 1912

Family

Suidae

Root name

keniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638823

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus intermedius arrhenii

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Suidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919165

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Hylochoerus schulzi

(Zukowsky, 1921)

Family

Suidae

Root name

schulzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45493671

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus larvatus somaliensis

De Beaux, 1924

Family

Suidae

Root name

somaliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

490

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Potamochœrus chœropotamus cottoni

Pinfold, 1928

Family

Suidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Potamochœrus koiropotamus

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Suidae

Root name

koiropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

630

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69310)

Potamochœrus koiropotamus koiropotamus

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Suidae

Root name

koiropotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

630

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69310)

Potamochœrus koiropotamus maschona

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Suidae

Root name

maschona

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

630

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69310)

Koiropotamus porcus cottoni

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Suidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Potamochoerus larvatus edwardsi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus larvatus hassama

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

hassama

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 (2011:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Potamochoerus larvatus koiropotamus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

koiropotamus

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 (2011:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Potamochoerus larvatus larvatus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Potamochoerus larvatus nyasae

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

nyasae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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