Animals / Mammal

Desert warthog

Phacochoerus aethiopicus · Suidae

The desert warthog is a mammalian, artiodactyl-ungulate species of the pig and swine family (Suidae) native to the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Two subspecies have been named: the Cape warthog, which became extinct around 1865, had once inhabited South Africa, while the extant Somali warthog is largely found in Kenya and Somalia, some areas of Ethiopia, and potentially still inhabits parts of Djibouti and Eritrea.

Where the Desert warthog lives

Recorded in Kenya, Benin, Dem. Rep. Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia and Tanzania (Africa).

Most records fall in Plateau, Eastern, Rift Valley, Coast, Katanga and Collines.

See the Desert warthog’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 738 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.