#phacochoerini

[animalids]

Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

Photo by Robert Oelman

[animalids]

Desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

Photo by Yvonne de Jong & Thomas Butynski

[animalids]

Desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

Photo by Paolo Gislimberti

[animalids]

Desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

Photo by Paolo Gislimberti

[thoughtlessarse]

A mother warthog springs into action to save her young piglet from a leopard attack in Lusaka, Zambia. The encounter began when the female leopard ambushed the family, catching the piglet. The adult warthog then struck the leopard’s abdomen with her tusks, tossing her and the piglet into the air. The leopard dropped the piglet from her jaws and scampered into a nearby thicket for safety. The baby warthog survived - Photograph: Mediadrumimages/Amir Khatri

I found this week's Week in Wildlife photos difficult to chose from they are that good so click the image link for more.

[animalids]

Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

The common warthog is the only pig species that has adapted to grazing and savanna habitats. Its diet is omnivorous, composed of grasses, roots, berries and other fruits, bark, fungi, insects, eggs and carrion. Common warthogs are not territorial, but instead occupy a home range. Females tend to stay in their natal groups, while males leave, but stay within the home range. Common warthog sows have been observed to nurse foster piglets if they lose their own litter.

Subspecies P. a. africanus (Nolan warthog) P. a. aeliani (Eritrean warthog) P. a. massaicus (Central African warthog) P. a. sundevallii (Southern warthog)

Classification Animalia - Chordata - Mammalia - Boreoeutheria - Laurasiatheria - Scrotifera - Euungulata - Artiodactyla - Artiofabula - Suina - Suidae - Suinae - Phacochoerini - Phacochoerus - P. africanus

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