desert warthog
phacochoerus aethiopicus latin

Subsequently, the antelope population is seeing a rapid decline, desert warthogs have all but disappeared, and leopards have not been sighted since the 1980s.

The Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Suidae family.

A photographic guide to the differences between the Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the Desert Warthog (Ph. aethiopicus).

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.

While both species remain fairly common and widespread, and therefore are considered to be of Least Concern by the IUCN, the nominate subspecies of the Desert Warthog, commonly known as the Cape Warthog, became extinct around 1865.

The two species were formerly considered conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus, but today this is limited to the Desert Warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the Common Warthog (or simply Warthog) is Phacochoerus africanus.

A wild African hog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, named Big Pig.

Cape warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus.

This is the range of the extant subspecies, commonly known as the Somali Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei).

The Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Suidae family.

The Cape Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus) is an extinct animal that had originally resided in South Africa.

The family includes the domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus, in addition to numerous species of wild pig, such as the babirusa Babyrousa babyrussa and the warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus.

The two species were formerly considered conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus, but today this is limited to the Desert Warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the Common Warthog (or simply Warthog) is Phacochoerus africanus.