Mass: 38 kg based on Anadu et al. 1988

Diet: frugivore-browser based on Breytenbach and Skinner 1982; grazer-browser based on Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.04 to 9.66% (median 1.78%)

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 15.7°

Habitats: (10), Mediterranean woodland (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical savanna (7)

Found in 27 samples

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)

Kenya: Mfangano Island (Late Pleistocene)

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Drakensberg Midlands, Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene)

Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2013 - 2014), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli’ika, Luxmanda (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 1b) (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 4) (Late Pleistocene)

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Nile Delta

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

body mass

38000 kg

(N = 9)

based on Anadu et al. 1988

See also Potamochoerus, Potamochoerus porcus, Potamochoerus sp.