🐗Red river hog
The red river hog or bushpig is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests. It is rarely seen away from rainforests and generally prefers areas near rivers or swamps.
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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 Red river hog
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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- 88 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.43 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass156 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length8.58 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation120 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 122 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.86 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 Red river hog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familySuidae
- ›genusPotamochoerus
- ›speciesPotamochoerus porcus
- 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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