Mass: 82 kg based on Sachs 1967
Diet: grazer-browser based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990, Bothma et al. 2004, and Treydte et al. 2006
Abundance: 0.07 to 51.22% (median 1.19%)
Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 33.9°Habitats: (29), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (12)
Found in 45 samples
Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 9 (Middle Pleistocene)
Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest)
Ghana: Mole National Park
Kenya: Wadh Lang'o (Kansyore) (Holocene), Wadh Lang'o (Urewe) (Holocene), Usenge 3 (Kansyore) (Holocene), Usenge 3 (Urewe) (Holocene)
Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RFS) (Late Pleistocene)
Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)
Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L s1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (upper set) (Middle Pleistocene), Thomas Quarry Hominid Cave (Middle Pleistocene)
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region
Nigeria: Gajiganna A (Holocene), Gajiganna B (Holocene)
Senegal: Drambos Cave, Diouboye (Holocene)
South Africa: Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)
Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tliāika, Luxmanda (Holocene), Ewass Oldupa (Trench 2) (Early Pleistocene), Ewass Oldupa (Trench 5) (Early Pleistocene)
Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)
Uganda: Nile Delta
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
♀ body mass | 52850 kg | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ body mass | 86640 kg | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ ear length | 118 mm | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ ear length | 127 mm | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ head and body length | 1130 mm | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ head and body length | 1352 mm | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ hind foot length | 242 mm | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ hind foot length | 267 mm | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ tail length | 395 mm | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ tail length | 428 mm | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ total body length | 1525 mm | N = 2 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ total body length | 1780 mm | N = 16 | Sachs 1967 |
See also Phacochoerus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Phacochoerus sp., Phacochoerus spp.