Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Guinea " (= West Africa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Rainforest zone of Africa from Senegal to Zaire.

SYNONYMS: albifrons, albinuchalis, mawambicus, penicillatus, pictus, ubangensis.