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Red River Hog
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAfrikanisches Buschschwein (deu) · Bosvark (afr) · Cerdo del río Rojo (spa) · Crvena svinja (hrv) · Dzikan rzeczny (pol) · Flußschwein (deu) · Nguruwe (swa) · Penseelzwijn (nld) · Penselsvin (dan) · Pinselohrschwein (deu) · Porco‑vermelho (por) · Potamocer rosso (ita) · Potamocero dai ciuffetti (ita) · Potamocero rojo (spa)
First described in: Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.50
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Rainforest zone of Africa from Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo; no reliable record from Gambia (Grubb et al., 1998) or Sudan (Grubb, 1993).
Order Artiodactyla
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Habitat in Africa " (West Africa); based on animals exported to Brazil (Simoons, 1953).
Order Artiodactyla
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Rainforest zone of Africa from Senegal to Zaire.
Order Artiodactyla
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Subsaharan Africa, excluding most of Namibia; Madagascar; Comoro Isis, (probably introduced).
Order Artiodactyla
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441225.