Desert warthog

Desert Warthog ( Phacochoerus aethiopicus )

The Desert Warthog ( Phacochoerus aethiopicus ) is a species of mammal of the family of genuine pigs ( Suidae ). It is closely related to the ( authentics ) warthog and is sometimes performed in the same way.

Desert warthogs are like the authentics warthogs characterized by the bizarre acting head. They have like these six pairs arranged warts on the head, which are especially pronounced in the males. The upper canines are greatly elongated and curved, these tusks are up to 60 centimeters long, the lower canines are smaller, but sharper. Of the authentics warthogs they differ in the details of construction of the skull and teeth, and her body is a little smaller. About the lifestyle of the desert warthog little is known, presumably it agrees with the authentics warthogs match.

There were two populations in separate areas of distribution, one in southern and eastern Africa:

The southern subspecies ( aethiopicus aethiopicus phacochoerus ) is extinct. She was confined to South Africa and came only in the Cape and in the Free State Province. Due to intensive hunting stocks were decimated in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the outbreak of rinderpest, the remaining animals have been decimated by 1900.

The northern subspecies ( phacochoerus delamerei aethiopicus ) is native to the southeastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya and Somalia. This subspecies is led by the IUCN as not at risk ( least concern ).