What is Phacochoerus?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) male.jpg | image_caption = Male [[Common warthog]]<br>''Phacochoerus africanus''<br>[[Tswalu Kalahari Reserve]], [[South Africa]] | taxon = Phacochoerus | authority = [[Frédéric Cuvier|F. Cuvier]], 1826 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Phacochoerus aethiopicus]]''<br> ''[[Phacochoerus africanus]]'' }} '''''Phacochoerus''''' is a genus in the family [[Suidae]], commonly known as '''warthogs''' (pronounced ''wart-hog''). It is the sole genus of [[subfamily]] '''Phacochoerinae'''. These pigs live in open and semiopen habitats, even in quite dry regions, in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. The genus ''Phacochoerus'' has two species. == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Phacochoerus}} {{Wikispecies|Phacochoerus}} * d'Huart, J.P. & Grubb, P. (2005). ''[http://data.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/Suiform%20soundings/Newsletter%205(2).pdf A photographic guide to the differences between the Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the Desert Warthog (Ph. aethiopicus).]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' Suiform Soundings 5(2): 4-8. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Pigs]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]