Hylochoerus meinertzhageni 176023455🐗

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SpeciesArtiodactylaSuidae
Mammals

🐗Giant forest hog

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas, 1904

大林豬(学名:Hylochoerus meinertzhageni),中港又稱巨林豬,是偶蹄目猪科大林猪属中唯一的一种,是已知世界上最大豬類,分布于西非和中部非洲地区。体长约130-210厘米,体重约100-275公斤。其种加词“meinertzhageni”得名于英国军官及动物学家理查德·梅纳茨哈根(Richard Meinertzhagen)上校姓氏。

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Also called
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, Eastern Forest Hog, Forest hog, Forest Hog
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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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 mass
200 kg
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  • 203 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
2.06 m
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Maximum lifespan
18 years
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Generation length
6.25 years
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Age at maturity
1.4 years
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Gestation
142 days
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  • 132 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
about 4
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  • 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Population density
1.5 per km²
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Volume l
200 Laverage
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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.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Riesenwaldschwein (de), Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (es), Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (fr), Dzikacz leśny (pl), гигантска горска свиня (bg), hiloquer (ca) … and 21 more languages
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