Phacochoerus aethiopicus

(Pallas, 1766)

Desert Warthog

Phacochoerus aethiopicus delamerei.1 / 2
Location: Ethiopia, Somali region, Jarar zone, near Gerdame (Gurdume)Date taken: Dec 7, 2024

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Image Library · MIL ID: 7390

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Superfamily : Suoidea
Family : Suidae
Subfamily : Suinae
Tribe : Phacochoerini
Genus : Phacochoerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321005

Original name as described

Aper aethiopicus

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Promontoria Bona Spei advectus, " between Kaffraria and Great Namaqualand (South Africa, Eastern Cape Province), two hundred leagues from the Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006365

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Aper aethiopicus

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321005

Authority publication

The Hague

Sus æthiopicus

(Linnaeus, 1768)

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42981815

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1768:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42981815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67760)
  2. Müller (1776:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  3. Erxleben (1777:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Gmelin (1788:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  7. Kerr (1792:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  8. Link (1795:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  9. Cuvier (1797:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  10. Shaw (1801:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19633062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  11. Daudin (1802:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  12. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  13. Thunberg (1811:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  14. Fischer (1814:xiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  15. Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  16. Muirhead (1819:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  17. Schinz (1821:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  18. Blainville (1847:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37129)

Sus Angalla

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Suidae

Root name

angalla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230122

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Sus Ethiopicus

(W. Turton, 1802)

Family

Suidae

Root name

ethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772982

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Turton (1802:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  2. Bowdich (1821:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43468)

Phöcochörus aethiopicus

(F. S. Voigt, 1819)

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=HJhQ5QmNDEkC&pg=PA422

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Voigt (1819:422, https://books.google.com/books?id=HJhQ5QmNDEkC&pg=PA422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)

phacochoerus æthiopicus

F. Cuvier, 1825

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

257

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1825:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60248)
  2. Cuvier (1826:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62882)
  3. Fischer (1829:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  5. Blyth (1863:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Gray (1868:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39152)
  7. Gray (1869:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  8. Sclater (1872:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  9. Thomas (1894:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69209)
  10. Lydekker (1908:399, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  11. Ward (1910:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  12. Schwarz (1913:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  13. Roberts (1913:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  14. Shortridge (1934:634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69310)
  15. Allen (1939:459, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  16. Hill & Carter (1941:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  17. Shortridge (1942:67, 98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888984, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  18. Shortridge (1942:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  19. Setzer (1956:570, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  20. Corbet & Hill (1980:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  21. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  22. Afolayan & Amubode (1985:260, 261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67254)
  23. Corbet & Hill (1991:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  24. Grubb (1993:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  25. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  26. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  27. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  28. Groves & Grubb (2011:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  29. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  30. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  31. Faith, Rowan, O'Brien, Blegen & Peppe (2020:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50713)
  32. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  33. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41767/99376685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phacochoerus edentatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828

Family

Suidae

Root name

edentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24377953

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Phascochærus Æthiopicus

(Burnett, 1830)

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909462

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

Burnett (1830:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)

Phacocherus aethiopicus

Smuts, 1832

Family

Suidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088697

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Smuts (1832:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)

Phascochaerus typicus

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Suidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968296

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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