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Biogeography and conservation of desert warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus and common warthog Phacochoerus africanus (Artiodactyla: Suidae) in the Horn of Africa

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de Jong, Yvonne A., d'Huart, Jean-Pierre, Butynski, Thomas M. (2023): Biogeography and conservation of desert warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus and common warthog Phacochoerus africanus (Artiodactyla: Suidae) in the Horn of Africa. Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 87 (1): 1-19, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0048, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0048

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