Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus). Photo © Bernard Dupont, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
The desert warthog is more massive than any indigenous mammal on the whole continent of Australia.
However, South Africa retains such a diverse fauna of large mammals that the opportunity to reintroduce this indigenous species as a faunal asset has been – and probably will continue to be – spurned.
Robin and the Honey Badger, 22 March 2016
An images that inspired this bio-insight:
