Phacochoerus africanus (ungulate)

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)

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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, Tliā€™ika, 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

Size measurements:
♀ body mass52850 kgN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ body mass86640 kgN = 16Sachs 1967
♀ ear length118 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ ear length127 mmN = 16Sachs 1967
♀ head and body length1130 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length1352 mmN = 16Sachs 1967
♀ hind foot length242 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length267 mmN = 16Sachs 1967
♀ tail length395 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ tail length428 mmN = 16Sachs 1967
♀ total body length1525 mmN = 2Sachs 1967
♂ total body length1780 mmN = 16Sachs 1967

See also Phacochoerus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Phacochoerus sp., Phacochoerus spp.