Potamochoerus larvatus (F. Cuvier, 1822) . Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 8:447.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar (no precise locality) .

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, S Sudan and E Zaire south to E and S South Africa, west to N Botswana and Angola; Madagascar and Comoro Isis (introduced?).

SYNONYMS: africanus, arrhenii, choeropotamus, congicus, cottoni, daemonis, edwardsi, hassama, hova, intermedius, johnstoni, keniae, koiropotamus, madagascariensis, maschona, nyasae, somaliensis.

COMMENTS: Specifically distinct from P. porcus, see de Beaux (1924) and Grubb (in press).