Evidence of two genetically deeply divergent species of warthog, Phacochoerus africanus and P. aethiopicus (Artiodactyla: Suiformes) in East Africa

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-96

  Randi, E ^a   D'Huart, J P ^b,d   Lucchini, V ^a   Aman, R ^c,e  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b TRAFFIC Europe (WWF Belgium)   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

^e NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

East Africa; mtDNA; P. africanus; Phacochoerus aethiopicus; PRE 1

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY;

(EAST); AFRICA;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PHACOCHOERUS; PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; SUIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036234512     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00013     Document Type: Article

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