Big game
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatus
- Group
- Big game
- Size class
- Large (70–300 kg)
- Family
- Suidae
Range
- Africa
Habitat
- Forest
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
18 countries
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Bushpig. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Sunčana BradleyCC BY
Cross-reference
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