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Giant Warthog
20200426 202015
Information
Range Sub-Saharan Africa
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Suidae
Genus Metridiochoerus
Conservation Status
EXSpecies
Extinct

The giant warthog was a large pig that lived in Africa. It lived in rainforests, deserts, grasslands, and swamps. This swine was not a normal warthog, but a dangerous creature that has the strangest tusks in the world.

Appearance[]

It looked like a warthog, except it was larger with larger tusks, a wild head, and a very, very bad attitude for predators and human ancestors.

Behavior[]

Their behaviour was proabl similiar to modern warthogs. It used its tusks to dig for roots to eat, and to fight predators like Dinofelis or for territory.

Diet[]

They may have had the same diet as warthogs. It ate plants, roots, sticks, and berries.

Lifespan[]

They proably had the same lifespan as other pigs.

Gallery[]


Facts[]

  • The giant warthog roars for scaring dominates away, after a battle.
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