Forest hog

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  vogelcommando

• 19 May 2014

Old newspaper photo 1955 or a little later

 

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  ungulate nerd

• 23 May 2014

That specimen looks more like a Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) then it does a Forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)

 

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  TeaLovingDave

• 23 May 2014

ungulate nerd said:

That specimen looks more like a Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) then it does a Forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)

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Actually, vogelcommando is correct - this animal is an Ituri Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni ituriensis), one of 1,2 which arrived at Antwerpen in 1955. Amsterdam and Frankfurt received animals in the same import, I believe.

 

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  Chlidonias

• 23 May 2014

I don't think you'd get a bush pig with such a massive head would you?

 

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  Shirokuma

• 23 May 2014

It's quite a scary looking beast.

 

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  ungulate nerd

• 23 May 2014

I guess the mane and shape of the snout along with the fact that this specimen dosnt have as much hair as a normal Giant forest hog led me to believe that I was looking at a Bushpig

 

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  Chlidonias

• 23 May 2014

it certainly is a very bald-looking hog!