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Red river hog studies. (4-26-23)
These guys are really cute- they've got little tassels on their ears!!!
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Bushpig
I actually didn’t know this one even existed. I was confusing it with the Red River Hog, which sometimes is also called Bush Pig. It always surprised me to see new species I didn’t know.
Considered as a conspecific with the Red River Hog which is now regarded as a separate species. Too many subspecies of the bush pig has been recognized in the past. There are now three tentatively subspecies validated:
Southern Bushpig: Found in lower Congo River (left bank), Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland, the Caprivi Region in Namibia, and South Africa.
White-Faced Bushpig: Found in Ethiopia, S Sudan, E Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Somalian Bushpig: Can be found in Tana, Juba, and Scebeli Rivers in NE Kenya and Somalia.
Vercammen and Grubb, 1993, however, proposed just two subspecies of bushpig, the Southern bushpig, and the White-Faced bushpig. According tho them, the Somalian bushpig has insufficient evidence to be classified as one.
Another possibly subspecies of the Bushpig are the Madagascar bushpig, The Edwards’ bushpig and the Nyasan bushpig. However, studies are almost sure that this species were introduced during historic times.
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