Potamochoerus larvatus (bushpig)

Mass: 38.0 kg based on Anadu et al. 1988

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 15.7°

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

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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

Size measurements:
body mass38000 kg(N = 9)based on Anadu et al. 1988

See also Potamochoerus, Potamochoerus porcus, Potamochoerus sp.