Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766) [Aper] aethiopicus Pallas 1766, Misc. Zool.: 16. Type Locality: "Promontoria Bona Spei advectus"; between Kaffraria and Great Namaqualand (South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov.), two hundred leagues from the Cape of Good Hope according to Vosmaer (1766). Vernacular Names: Desert Warthog. Subspecies:: Subspecies Phacochoerus aethiopicus subsp. aethiopicus Pallas 1766 Subspecies Phacochoerus aethiopicus subsp. delamerei Lönnberg 1909 Distribution: Formerly in Cape Provinces, South Africa (extinct since ca. 1870 - 1890); NE Africa in E Ethiopia, N Kenya, and Somalia (Grubb, 1993; d'Huart and Grubb, 2001). Conservation: IUCN – Extinct as P. a. aethiopicus, Vulnerable as P. a. delamerei, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: For distinctions from P. africanus, see Ewer (1957) and Grubb (1993).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 638, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519