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The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus , but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya , Somalia , and eastern Ethiopia .
The desert warthog is an important host of the tsetse fly, [10] [11] and in some parts of its range efforts are being made to reduce warthog numbers because of this. [11] Specifically, P. aethiopicus was the preferred host for Glossina swynnertoni and G. pallidipes in a study by Weitz 1963.
Phacochoerus is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs (pronounced wart-hog). They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa .
Endangered species by reason(s) they are (or were) threatened — the cause(s) for species being endangered in their native habitats.; This is primarily a sub-category for IUCN Red List species by the external threat(s) stated in IUCN reports for each listed species (hyperlinked under 'References' &/or 'External links' on most wikipedia articles when species are on IUCN Red List).
The majority of the species were considered endangered in the 1970s and 1980s when they “were in very low numbers or likely already extinct at the time of listing,” the release said.
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3117 least concern mammalian species. [1] 56% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as least concern.
Endangered: The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: ... Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus; Subfamily: Suinae. Genus ...
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