Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Table 9.1

Body measurements for common warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

from nine sources.

Sex

Male

Female

Measurement

Mean

Range

Sample size

Mean

Range

Sample size

Hluhluwe–Corridor–Umfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, central east South Africa (Mason 1985)

Shoulder height (cm)

68.2

61.2–72.0

56

59.8

54.3–65.7

74

Head + body length (cm)

132.3

116.5–144.0

56

118.2

109.0–126.8

74

Hindfoot length (including hoof ) (cm)

26.4

24.2–28.0

56

24.7

22.5–26.2

74

Body mass (kg)

79.6

59.3–103.9

56

56.5

44.6–69.1

74

Ditholo Private Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, north-east South Africa (Bolyse & Dehority 2012)

Body mass (kg)

68.4

45–103

16

53.6

39–95

19

Nagupande, Zimbabwe (G. Child, personal communication in Roth 1965)

Shoulder height (cm)

72.8

• 
  

44

64.7

• 
  

43

Head + body length (cm)

135.6

• 
  

44

120.6

• 
  

43

Tail length (cm)

41.6

• 
  

44

38.2

• 
  

43

Ear length (cm)

13.8

• 
  

44

13.1

• 
  

43

Body mass (kg)

79.3

• 
  

7

59.0

• 
  

12

Various location in Botswana (Smithers 1971)

Head + body length (cm)

127.5

118.4–135.5

3

102.2

90.5–114.0

4

Hindfoot length (including hoof ) (cm)

28.5

27.0–30.0

3

24.4

23.5–26.6

4

Tail length (cm)

42.0

39.1–46.5

3

36.7

31.0–40.7

4

Ear length (cm)

13.7

13.2–14.5

3

12.2

10.5–13.5

4

Body mass (kg)

79.4

70.3–88.5

2

47.4

38.6–56.2

2

Various locations in Namibia (Shortridge 1934)

Head + body length (cm)

124.0

122.0–126.0

2

112.3

110.0–117.0

3

Hindfoot length (including hoof ) (cm)

26.2

25.5–27.0

2

24.2

22.0–25.5

3

Tail length (cm)

37.2

35.5–39.0

2

34.8

32.0–37.5

3

Ear length (cm)

11.2

11.0–11.5

2

11.9

11.5–12.8

3

Selous Game Reserve, south-east Tanzania (Boshe 1981)

Body mass (kg)

57.2

• 
  

26

45.3

• 
  

27

Selous Game Reserve, south-east Tanzania (Rodgers 1984)Body mass (kg)

87.4

71.5–105.1

19

54.0

43.2–65.5

24

Queen Elizabeth National Park, south-west Uganda (Clough & Hassam 1970)

Body mass (kg)

84.7 (SD ± 13.7)

• 
  

71

61.3 (SD ± 8.9)

• 
  

89

Various locations in West Africa (Bigourdan 1948)

Shoulder height (cm)

74.0

65–83

11

70.0

65–77

5

Head + body length (cm)

136.6

124–150

9

126.5

114–131

6

Tail length (cm)

36.7

34–40

3

• 
  


• 
  


• 
  

Body mass (kg)

82.9

56–106

10

57.6

49–74

7

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