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9 - Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin, 1788)

from Part II - Species Accounts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

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Thomas M. Butynski  and
Yvonne A. de Jong
Edited by
Mario Melletti  and
Erik Meijaard
Mario Melletti
Affiliation:
AfBIG (African Buffalo Initiative Group), IUCN SSC ASG
Erik Meijaard
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries , pp. 85 - 100
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