Common Warthog
The common warthog (or Phacochoerus africanus) lives throughout Sub-Saharan Africa in a wide variety of environments.
The common warthog has a large head with a coarse mane of hair and distinctive tusks. The upper tusks are large, thick and blunt, while the lower tusks are short and sharp. Warthogs also have large cartilaginous protrusions on their cheeks.
The males average between 1.3 and 1.5m in length and between 60 and 150kg in weight, whereas females are shorter and lighter, averaging between 0.9 to 1.3m long and 45 to 75kg in weight.
Phacochoerus africanus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes rain and snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Short Grass | 25% | 80% |
| Sand | 0% | 30% |
| Soil | 20% | 60% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 30% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 15
African Savannah
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1.25 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 7
- Cardboard Box Toy · score 100 · $100
- Herb Scent Marker Toy · score 50 · $100
- Sprinkler Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubbing Pad Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubbing Pad Bark Toy · score 100 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Mud Bath Toy · score 150
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 60 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Hay + Herbivore Pellets
- Food / drink amount
- 5 / 5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $117 / $158 / $158
- Feeders
- Food Trough - Small, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Large, Melon Feeder, Suspended Veggie Feeder, Dog Ball, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Small
- Lifespan
- 11–21 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 2 yr / 4 yr / 7 yr / 10 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.42 yr / 0.58 yr
- Litter
- 1–5
- Fertility
- 0.4
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Dominance
- Males fight for right to mate. Females have rank in groups based on age.
- Ecosystem roles
- Soil Rooters, Medium Prey, Terrestrial Spore Dispersers
- Wild population
- 250,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
Warthogs have a complex social structure. Mature females tend to live in interrelated groups with their offspring. However, year-old piglets may leave their mother's group and live in sibling groups, before splitting up as they get older. The young females usually return to their mother's group, whereas young males will form bachelor herds until they are old and strong enough to become solitary.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Phacochoerus africanus
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Grassland
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African Savannah, African savannah group2
- Content
- Base game