🐾Common warthog
Vårtsvin (Phacochoerus africanus) är ett klöv- och svindjur med vårtigt huvud och uppåtstående, ibland 60 centimeter långa betar (överkäkens hörntänder).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 91 kg
- Body length
- 1.36 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 21 years
Everything we know about the Common warthog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass91 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 100 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.36 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass133 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan21 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6.04 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation168 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 164 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.55 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.58 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l91 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 Common warthog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familySuidae
- ›genusPhacochoerus
- ›speciesPhacochoerus africanus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familySuidae
- genusPhacochoerus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderSuina
- familySuidae
- genusPhacochoerus
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