What to Spot Wildlife Warthog – The warthog is a tough, sturdy animal. Males weigh 9 to 23 kilograms (20 to 50 pounds) more than females, but both are distinguished by disproportionately large heads and “warts” — thick protective pads that appear on both sides of the head. Home, sweet aardvark hole: Warthogs live in Africa’s southern Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia, in savanna woodland and grasslands—and they are not picky about their homes. Instead of digging their own burrows, they find abandoned aardvark holes or natural burrows for homes.
What to Spot Wildlife Warthog
These pigs live across sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania to Ethiopia and south into Namibia and eastern South Africa. Habitat: Common warthogs are adaptable to a wide variety of habitats, including open and wooded savannas/grasslands, steppes, and even semi-deserts. Diurnal. They are active only during the day; as soon as the sun sets, they retreat into their dens (often abandoned aardvark dens) and do not leave until dawn. Warthogs may use up to 10 different burrows when moving throughout their home range, ensuring that one is always nearby if they are threatened.
Males have larger warts than females; their enlarged growths cushion the head and protect the eyes in battles for reproductive access to females. Both adult males and females have tusks. The warthog is usually inoffensive and avoids danger by flight. The raised tail is a danger warning to others. When cornered, the warthog will defend itself and can inflict severe wounds with its tusks, particularly the lower sharp ones. Tusks are ever-growing canine teeth.
Warthogs are actually very clean animals, and they only roll around in the dirt to cool off, and/or use the dirt as a bug repellant. The main part of their diet is grasses, roots, berries, and bulbs, but they will also scavenge dead animals, and even eat dung. The common warthog can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but the desert warthog is mostly found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
The common warthog is found in much of Africa, below the Sahara desert. They are abundant in East Africa and Southern Africa, with their favourite habitat being grassland, savannah and woodlands. The name ‘warthog’ comes from their large wart-like protuberances found on its face.
This species may not be as cute as other African animals, but they are one of the most intelligent animal species! Unlike many other animals from Africa, the warthog is not endangered due to its superior adaptability skills.
