Hylochoerus meinertzhageni - #946
Giant Forest Hog
Oblique view (dorsal of head), at salt lick
Geographic Distribution
W Africa in Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana; not confirmed from Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Togo. C Africa in W and SE Cameroon, Central African Republic, N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, SW Ethiopia, N Gabon, Kenya, E Nigeria, N Republic of Congo, Rwanda, S Sudan, and Uganda; not reliably recorded from Tanzania.
Order/Family
Suidae
Genus
Hylochoerus
Specific Epithet
meinertzhageni
Image Location
Kenya, Nyandarua county (formerly Central province), Aberdare National Park
Image Date
1987
Photographer
AH Shoemaker