SUIDAE Gray, 1821

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 210-211

Family SUIDAE Gray, 1821

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas, 1904 •

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — This species was first cited to occur in Togo by Baudenon (1958), as found at “sud de Mt Togo ”.

VOUCHERS. — Presence in Togo subsequently was not accepted, as no voucher was available from the country. This is a general problem linked to the poor state of taxonomic research in museums for most of 20th century, in particular regarding large mammals ( Ansell 1958; Gippoliti & Groves 2013), so it is our opinion that this species is (or was) part of the Togolese mammal fauna.

REMARK The Upper Guinean form (H. m. ivoriensis Bouet & Neuville, 1930 ) was raised to species level by Groves & Grubb (2011), and it is possible that Togolese populations belong to this taxon. field surveys carried out between 2012 and 2015. Many groups of this species were encountered during the recent surveys in Oti- Keran, Fazao Malfakassa and Togodo National Parks ( Atsri et al. 2013; Segniagbeto et al. 2014, 2015a, b). This species is also very common in the two important protected areas in Togo (Fazao- Malfakassa and Togodo National Parks). Indeed, it is frequently encountered in bushmeat markets throughout the different villages and the Togodo National Park).

Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758) ▶ ( Fig. 7 )

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — First reported from Togo by Matschie (1893b), for the locality of Bismarckburg (Adéle).

VOUCHERS. — Seventeen vouchers are deposited in the ZMB. These vouchers originated from Bismarckburg (Adéle), Rockoenba, Atakpamé, Misahohe, and Sokodé.

ORIGINAL DATA. — This species is frequent in Fazao-Malfakassa and Togodo National Parks ( Segniagbeto et al. 2015a, b). Many groups and footprints were recorded in these two protected areas during recents surveys.

Figures

FIG. 7. — Skulls of Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Fazao-Malkafassa. Photograph: Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto.