Average Mass:
80 kg (176 lb)

Average Shoulder Height:
70 cm (28")

Rowland Ward:
33.02 cm (13")

SCI:
30 Points

Track: 51mm (2") x 44mm (1 3/4")

The extant warthog range extends discontinuously across the Sahelian zones and Guinea savannas from Mauritania and Ethiopia, as far south as Namibia and northern South Africa (Wilson & Reeder, 1993; Oliver, 1993). The distribution range was first obtained by overlaying maps from Skinner & Smithers (1990) and Oliver (1993), and then revised by Dr. J.P. D’Huart (28 April ‘97). In Fig, areas of occurrence of indeterminate Phacochoerus species in eastern Africa are marked as "possible"; as are large areas in central Africa for which no recent information is available.

Categorical-discrete (CD) distribution model

This species lives in savanna grasslands and open woodlands; it is less associated with more densely vegetated habitat types (Oliver, 1993; Estes, 1991; Skinner & Smithers, 1990).