🐗Bushpig
강멧돼지(영어: bush pig, 부시피그, 학명: Potamochoerus larvatus)는 멧돼지과에 속하는 우제류의 일종이다. 동아프리카와 남아프리카의 숲과 산림 지대, 갈대밭에서 서식한다. 마다가스카르섬에서 발견되는 개체군은 도입된 것으로 추정하고 있다. 코모로 제도의 마요트에서도 서식한다는 미확인 보고도 있다. 대체로 야행성 동물이다. 여러 종의 아종으로 이루어져 있다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 71 kg
- Body length
- 1.43 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Bushpig
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass71 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 88 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length1.43 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5.69 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation121 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 122 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.7AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range4.47 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.16 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l71 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Bushpig yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familySuidae
- ›genusPotamochoerus
- ›speciesPotamochoerus larvatus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familySuidae
- genusPotamochoerus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderSuina
- familySuidae
- genusPotamochoerus
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