Quest for Kenya´s Desert Warthog

Yvonne de Jong March 7, 2015 Biodiversity, Blogs

By Yvonne de Jong & Tom Butynski
Posted on the National Geographic Explorers Journal December 7, 2012

There are two species of warthog, the common warthog (scientific name Phacochoerus africanus) and the desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus). The better known of the two, the common warthog (indeed… ‘Pumba’ in the ‘Lion King’), is widespread in sub-saharan Africa, including the Horn of Africa (i.e., Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea)….

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Have you seen patas monkeys in Laikipia in the past two years?

Yvonne de Jong November 27, 2014 Biodiversity, Blogs

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thank you for this interesting article and all the efforts you took for this research.
Yes, sadly the uncontrolled human number increament is devastating for nature and its inhabitants.
Kind regards
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Having lived in Tanzania for 60 years I have witnessed at first hand the catastrophic population explosion which has already resulted in much loss of habitat. I fear your predictions are fully justified. But well done for producing a good paper.
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Thank you for your comments Noel! Yes we recognizing this taxon as a full species. See also the pocket identification guide and the draft IUCN red list assessment (hopefully soon published).