Potamochoerus porcus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red River Hog

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033861

Original name as described

Sus porcus

Type locality

"Habitat in Africa" (= West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Uganda · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

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/1006369

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.

Choiropotamus pictus

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Suidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.7.22.10, BMNH:Mamm:1860.7.22.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/010d2838-df0d-49c5-b10a-fd650e316b28 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b34e033-4d9c-4957-b093-c2dd7a3d1385 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/664d151c-7925-4f11-ad8a-515cbd8d7e18 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8f42920f-ee60-4554-8f73-d914e7f09d39

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2249321

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus albifrons

Du Chaillu, 1860

Family

Suidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1871.5.27.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f285d638-fd47-4803-9f18-01f014391899

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249861

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus porcus ubangensis

Lönnberg, 1910

Family

Suidae

Root name

ubangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.258

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40fcd5d4-3d9d-4544-a87a-222d627c5ce6

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:887, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Sus penicillatus

(H. R. Schinz, 1848)

Family

Suidae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB 903

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

12

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Potamochoerus porcus albinuchalis

Lönnberg, 1919

Family

Suidae

Root name

albinuchalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 2713, RMCA 2714

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11304117

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Sus scrofa Porcus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Suidae

Root name

porcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130365

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Potamochoerus penicillatus

J. E. Gray, 1854

Family

Suidae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680759

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Potamochoerus porcus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Suidae

Root name

porcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741616

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Schwarz (1920:887, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  8. Groves & Grubb (2011:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41771/100469961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Potamochoerus porcus albifrons

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Suidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

888

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763859

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:888, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Potamochaerus porcus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Suidae

Root name

porcus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Sus porcus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Suidae

Root name

porcus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033861

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Sus guineensis

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Suidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321003

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Potamochoerus porcus mawambicus

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1923

Family

Suidae

Root name

mawambicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

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

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