Common warthog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common warthog lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phacochoerus africanus
Group	Wild pigs & peccaries
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Suidae

Where does the common warthog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common warthog in 17 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common warthog endangered?

The common warthog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common warthog?

The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Suidae, genus Phacochoerus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common warthog

The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P. aethiopicus, but today that scientific name is restricted to the desert warthog of northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common warthog (revision 1376157913), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q183255 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).