Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 639

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[Sus] porcus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 50 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in Africa" (West Africa); based on animals exported to Brazil ( Simoons, 1953).

Vernacular Names: Red River Hog.

Synonyms: Potamochoerus albifrons Du Chaillu 1860 ; Potamochoerus albinuchalis Lönnberg 1919 ; Potamochoerus guineensis (Pallas 1766) ; Potamochoerus mawambicus Lorenz 1923 ; Potamochoerus penicillatus (Schinz 1848) ; Potamochoerus pictus (Gray 1852) ; Potamochoerus ubangensis Lönnberg 1910 .

Distribution: Rainforest zone of Africa from Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea ( Mbini), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo; no reliable record from Gambia ( Grubb et al., 1998) or Sudan ( Grubb, 1993).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A monotypic species ( Grubb, 1993).