What is Potamochoerus?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Potamochoerus'' | image = Southern Bush Pig.jpg | image_caption = [[Bushpig]] (''Potamochoerus larvatus'') | taxon = Potamochoerus | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1854 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Potamochoerus larvatus]]'' <small>(F. Cuvier, 1822)</small><br> †''[[Potamochoerus magnus]]'' <small>(A. Arribas & G. Garrido, 2008)</small><br> ''[[Potamochoerus porcus]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> | type_species = ''[[Potamochoerus porcus|Choiropotamus pictus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] }} '''''Potamochoerus''''' is a [[genus]] in the pig family ([[Suidae]]). The two species only live in [[Sub-saharan Africa]]. The Bushpig, possibly due to [[introduced species|introduction]] by man, also can be found in [[Madagascar]] and nearby [[island]]s. ==Species== * [[Bushpig]] (''Potamochoerus larvatus''). * [[Red River Hog]] (''Potamochoerus porcus''). [[Category:Pigs]] {{biology-stub}}