Potamochoerus

Red River Hog ( Potamochoerus porcus )

The bush pigs ( Potamochoerus ) are a living in Africa mammal genus from the family of the Real pigs ( Suidae ). There are two main ways that

• Bush pig ( Potamochoerus larvatus ) and the

These animals can reach the head body lengths of 100 to 150 centimeters and a weight of 45 and 130 kilograms. While the Red River Hog is colored striking with his reddish fur, the white backing strip and the ear tufts, the bush pig shaggy and unassuming, but has a distinctive mane along the neck and back.

Hogs are found in the Western and Central and bush pigs in eastern and southern Africa. Both species live in family groups and are like most pigs omnivores.

After nearly twenty species were described by Busch pigs in the 19th century, it came in the 20th century to the view that it was only subspecies or regional variants of the same species. All bush, river and hogs were now united in the way Potamochoerus porcus. In the 1990s, new studies gave rise to the assumption that it is in truth are two types. Accordingly, today the two above-mentioned types can be distinguished.

For details, see the two Artartikeln.