🐗Giant forest hog
숲멧돼지(Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)는 멧돼지과에 속하는 유일종 돼지이다. 몸길이 210cm, 어깨높이 110cm, 꼬리길이 38cm, 몸무게 290kg으로 서아프리카와 중앙아프리카에 분포하며, 일반적으로 멧돼지과 중에서 가장 큰 야생 종으로 간주된다. 멧돼지의 일부 아종보다 더 큰 종도 있다. 비교적 큰 몸과 넓은 분포에도 불구하고, 1904년에 처음 발견되었다. 학명은 케냐에서 첫 표본을 구해, 영국 자연사 박물관에 전달한 리차드 메이너츠하겐(Richard Meinertzhagen)의 이름에서 유래했다. 천적으로는 사자, 치타, 표범, 카라칼, 줄무늬하이에나, 점박이하이에나, 갈색하이에나, 리카온 등이 있다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 200 kg
- Body length
- 2.06 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 18 years
Everything we know about the Giant forest hog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass200 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 203 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length2.06 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan18 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length6.25 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation142 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 132 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.5 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l200 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 Giant forest hog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familySuidae
- ›genusHylochoerus
- ›speciesHylochoerus meinertzhageni
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familySuidae
- genusHylochoerus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderSuina
- familySuidae
- genusHylochoerus
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