- Cape Warthog
Taxobox
name = "Phacochoerus aethiopicus"
status = EX
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammalia
infraclassis =Eutheria
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Suidae
subfamilia =Phacochoerinae
genus = "Phacochoerus "
species = "P. a. aethiopicus"
trinomial = "Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus"The Cape Warthog ("Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus") is an extinct animal that had originally resided in
South Africa .The Cape Warthog is quite distinguishable from other hogs, yet it has similar properties to that of a
Somali Warthog Some common differences between the Cape Warthog and the regular warthog, P. Africanus, include:
* The skull is smaller, but it is broader
* The frontal area of the zygomatic arch is thickened by internal sinuses and is swollen into a round hollow knob in front of the jugal-squamosal suture (in P. Africanus, the zygomatic arch may be robust, but it is not thickened, and there is no knob
* There are never incisors in Phacochoerus aethiopicus, yet in a regular warthog, there are two incisors in the upper jaw and six in the lower
* In the Cape Warthog, the large third molars and different from those of P. Africanus because no roots would be formed by the time all the enamel columns have gone into wear
* In a typical warthog has two spherical pits in the back of their skull, and the Cape Warthog has them too, but there are many times larger
External links
* [http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/APchap4-1.htm The Afrotropical Suids: Potamochoerus, Hylochoerus and Phacochoerus]
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Phacochoerus.html#Phacochoerus Animal Diversity: Phacochoerus Aethiopicus]
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