Potamochoerus larvatus (F. Cuvier 1822)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 639

Potamochoerus larvatus (F. Cuvier 1822)

[Sus] larvatus F. Cuvier 1822 , Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 447.

Type Locality: " Madagascar " (no precise locality) here selected.

Vernacular Names: Bush-pig.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. larvatus F. Cuvier 1822

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. edwardsi A. Grandidier 1867

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. hassama Heuglin 1863

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. koiropotamus Desmoulins 1831

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. nyasae Forsyth Major 1897

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. somaliensis De Beaux 1924

Distribution: Angola, N Botswana, Burundi, N Eritrea, Ethiopia, E and S Dem. Rep. Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, S Somalia, NE and S South Africa, S Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; Madagascar and Comoro Isls (introduced?).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Specifically distinct from P. porcus ( de Beaux 1924; Grubb 1993). Syntypes from " Madagascar " and "Sitsikamma" ( South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Humansdorp dist., Tsitsikamma); lectotype here designated as the skull from Madagascar illustrated in the original description. Synonymy modified from Grubb (1993). Evidence of domestication of species of Potamochoerus and transportation of P. porcus to Brazil ( Simoons, 1953) suggest that P. larvatus could have been transported to Madagascar by humans.