Desert warthog

The desert warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, is a species of pig native to the Horn of Africa. Two subspecies have been named: the Cape warthog, which became extinct in South Africa in the nineteenth century, and the extant Somali warthog, found largely in Kenya and Somalia, parts of Ethiopia and possibly Djibouti and Eritrea. It is a stockily built animal averaging about 125 centimetres in length and 75 kilograms in weight, with a flattened head, paired facial warts and large curving tusks. It is told from the common warthog by curled-back ear tips, the lack of incisors and a larger snout. It lives in open, arid country with scattered trees and needs regular access to waterholes. It is diurnal and largely herbivorous, and lives in sounders of females and young.