Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

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Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus


(Linnaeus, 1758)


Mario Melletti, Thomas Breuer, Brent A. Huffman, Andrea K. Turkalo,
Marzia Mirabile, and Fiona Maisels

Names
Genus: Potamochoerus Gray, 1854
Species: Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Names in other languages: French: Potamochère roux, Potamochère d’Afrique; German: Pinselohrschwein; Spanish: Potamocero
rojo; Italian: Potamocero rosso, Potamocero di fiume; Afrikaans: Bosvark; kiSwahili: Nguruwe; Lingala in Congo: Ngulu; Lingala
in DRC: Nsombo; Teke, Baya: Nguea

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