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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 .
Allosucking does not seem to be a case of mistaken identity or milk theft, [19] and may be a sign of kin altruism. Piglets begin grazing at about two to three weeks and are weaned by six months. [7] Piglets quickly attain mobility and stay close to their mothers for defense. [20] Common warthogs live for an average of 7 to 11 years in the wild.
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.
Warthogs are African wild pigs that have bristly gray skin, large heads, curved tusks (they're actually enlarged canine teeth), and warty lumps on the face, and that explains how they got their ...
The three lady warthogs are getting the names Sansa, Cersei and Daenerys and the fellas are Hodor and Tyrion. And together Zoo names baby warthogs after 'Game of Thrones' characters
The pig has a large head, with a long snout strengthened by a special prenasal bone and a disk of cartilage at the tip. [2] The snout is used to dig into the soil to find food and is an acute sense organ. The dental formula of adult pigs is 3.1.4.3 3.1.4.3, giving a total of 44 teeth. The rear teeth are adapted for crushing.
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