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

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SUIDAE Gray, 1821
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Family SUIDAE Gray, 1821 View in CoL

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 View FIG )

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.

ANSELL W. F. H. 1958. - The need for better study collections of African ungulates. Mammalia 22: 338 - 347.

ATSRI H., ADJOSSOU K., TAGBI K., TCHANI W., SEGLA K., TEBONOU G., ADJONOU K., ABOUDOU M., KOUDANOU M., AGBETI M, BANLA T. & KOMBATE Y. 2013. - Inventaire faunique et forestier, etude ecologique et caracteristique du parc national de Fazao Malfakassa. Rapport FFW / MERF Togo, 96 p.

BAUDENON P. 1958. - Note sur le statut des ongules au Togo. Mammalia 22: 390 - 393.

GIPPOLITI S. & GROVES C. P. 2013. - Taxonomic inflation in the historical context of mammalogy and conservation. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 23: 6 - 9.

GROVES C. P. & GRUBB P. 2011. - Ungulate Taxonomy. John Hopkins, Baltimore.

MATSCHIE P. 1893 b. - Saugethiere des Togogebietes, in Beitrage zur Fauna des Togolandes. Mittheilungen aus den deutschen Schutzegebieten 6: 162 - 180.

SEGNIAGBETO G. H., ASSOU D. & KOUDZO K. K. 2015 a. - Evaluation du potentiel de mammiferes et de reptiles dans le Parc national de Togodo, la foret sacree de Godjinme et les 5 mares d'Afito. Projet RBT Delta du Mon, GIZ-Togo, 65 p.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Suidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Suidae

Genus

Hylochoerus