Desert warthog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the desert warthog lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Group	Wild pigs & peccaries
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Suidae

Where does the desert warthog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the desert warthog in 3 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 desert warthog endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the desert warthog?

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

About the desert warthog

The desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a mammalian, artiodactyl-ungulate species of the pig and swine family (Suidae) native to the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Two subspecies have been named: the Cape warthog (P. a. aethiopicus), which became extinct around 1865, had once inhabited South Africa, while the extant Somali warthog (P. a. delamerei) is largely found in Kenya and Somalia, some areas of Ethiopia, and potentially still inhabits parts of Djibouti and Eritrea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Desert warthog (revision 1379589780), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q529738 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).