: Male 75 cm
: Female 65 cm

The Warthog is the most common wild pig seen in Africa. They prefer open bushveld and live in family groups of up to ten individuals. They are not territorial but do have home ranges that they defend. Warthog feed and forage during the day feeding on roots, tubers grass, fruits and they have been known to eat carrion. At night they sleep in old antbear or porcupine burrows which they modify to their purposes, sometimes forming large networks underground. When the hole are used as escape routes from danger, the piglets run in head first and the adults execute a rapid about face just before they enter the hole, then they are in a very good position to defend themselves. Should you ever stand in front of one of these hole when a Warthog decides to come out, they can inflict serious harm to you.