Common Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin 1788)

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Phacochoerus africanus (Common Warthog) is a species of mammal in the family pigs. It is found in the Afrotropics. It is a herbivore.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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EOL has data for 44 attributes, including:

ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling
- Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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pasture
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000266
- Definition: Grassland used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch.
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last appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
- Definition: The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Holocene Epoch
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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trophic level
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
- Definition: The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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omnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
- Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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Common Warthog includes 4 children:

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