WART-HOG, the designa tion of certain hideous African wild swine (see SWINE), charac terized by the presence of large warty protuberances on the face and the large size of the tusks in both sexes.
Very frequently the adults have no teeth, and nearly bare skins. Two species are recognized, the southern Phacochoerus aethiopicus, which formerly ranged as far south as the Cape, and the northern P. africanws, which extends to the mountains of
Abyssinia. In south and east Africa wart-hogs frequent open country, near water, and dwell in holes. In Abyssinia, they spend the day among bushes, or in ravines, feeding at night. They are active and wary.