Potamochoerus larvatus

(F. Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1816)

Bushpig

Side view of female
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Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisberg Zoo

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 996

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Superfamily : Suoidea
Family : Suidae
Subfamily : Suinae
Tribe : Potamochoerini
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.-d., Besnard, G., Salmona, J., Santander, C.G., He, S.-x., Zinner, D., Pedrono, M., Muwanika, V., Masembe, C., Schubert, M., Kuja, J., Quinn, L., Garcia-Erill, G., Rakotoarivony, R., Henrique, M., Lin, L., Wang, X., Heaton, M.P., Smith, T.P.L., Hanghøj, K., Sinding, M.-H.S., Atickem, A., Chikhi, L., Roos, C., Gaubert, P., Siegismund, H.R., Moltke, I., Albrechtsen, A. and Heller, R. 2023. African bush pigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi:10.1101/2023.08.23.553838

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006368

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.

Total: 53 names and synonyms.

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. Burnett (1830:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  10. Smuts (1832:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  11. Blyth (1840:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  12. 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:type:515 (= MNHN "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. Gerrard (1862:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8413496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37336)
  3. 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)

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

Name usages

Heuglin (1863:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67102)

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)

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