red river hog
bush pig
Potamochoerus porcus latin

The lowland races, though, are not much larger than the red river hog.

Until very recently, the red river hog of western Africa was often considered an orange-colored bushpig.

Impala Lawn features an okapi and red river hogs.

Below : The bushpig is East Africa's version of the red river hog.

The red river hog has striking red fur, with black legs and a tufted white stripe along the spine.

Red river hogs and marmosets were also added to the walkaround section, as well as an outdoor pool.

The bushpig is closely related to the red river hog, Potamochoerus porcus, with which it can interbreed.

The red river hogs are using their snouts like rototillers, obliterating any hope that grass would be part of their landscape.

Red river hog Potamochoerus porcus.

On the shores of the lake are bongos, red river hogs, and Vaal rheboks, and other forest animals.

A path winds around exhibits of lions, red river hogs, and two exhibits of meerkats.

The nearby Shamba offers a view of a Central West African village and is home to red river hogs.

Here, elephants and hippos are shown moving through the mangroves and red river hogs feeding on sandy beaches.

Red river hogs were introduced to the zoo in August 2009, when two sows were transferred from Whipsnade.

Among these are meerkats, an African Aviary, lemurs, flamingos, red river hogs, and bee eaters.

Far less well known are the breeding successes in other areas, for example, with fossas (civits from Madagascar) and Red River hogs.

Red river hogs are mostly nocturnal; by day, they hide in dense brush; after sunset, they roam in troops searching for food.

As you meander along its path, you'll pass black-and-white colobus monkeys and walk through a fallen tree to see okapis, red river hogs, and mandrills.

Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)

Other Congolese inhabitants featured include red river hogs, bongos, forest buffalo, orb-web spiders and colonial spiders.

The African Savannah building is home to hippos, giraffes, Red River Hogs, and a baobab tree.

Other large mammals include the Hippopotamus, Forest Buffalo, Bongo and Red River Hog.

Red river hogs eat grasses, berries, roots, insects, molluscs, small vertebrates and carrion, and are capable of causing damage to plantations.

The red river hog lives in rainforests, wet dense savannas, and forested valleys, and near rivers, lakes and marshes.

Other even-toed ungulates include giraffes, hippopotamuses, warthogs, giant forest hogs, red river hogs and bushpigs.

The bushpig is closely related to the red river hog, Potamochoerus porcus, with which it can interbreed.

Red river hog Potamochoerus porcus.

Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)

The red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), also known as the bush pig (but not to be confused with P. larvatus, common name "bushpig"), is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests.

True savannah species such as baboon Papio anubis and warthog Phacochoerus africanus occur literally within metres of species of true forest animals, including crowned guenon Cercopithecus pogonias and red river hog Potamochoerus porcus, which here are found right up to the edges of the savannah.