Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

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Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

the giant forest hog, a vector for African swine fever.

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The continent of Africa offers three distinctively different species of wild hogs, the Warthog, Bushpig and the Giant Forest Hog.

Coast to coast hog wild and beyond: Abundant, widespread, lightly regulated, just plain fun to hunt, wild boar make great off-season game or a serious bowhunt in their own right

But its wildlife--including elephants, leopards, giant forest hogs, the elusive African golden cat and the rare mountain bongo (see Back from the brink)--had been suffering as Nairobi's growing population crept up into the highlands to farm the rich volcanic soils.

On and on and on: in an era of community partnership, capacity building and mixed land-use, many conservationists would balk at the idea of protecting wildlife by building a fence. But in the Aberdare mountains in Kenya, a 400-kilometre barrier is having surprisingly successful results--for all concerned

As well as the primates, the jungle is filled to bursting with other species of wildlife - antelopes, waterbucks, buffalo and herds of hartebeast, red river hogs and giant forest hogs, civets, leopards, pangolins and porcupines, aardvarks and hippopotamuses.

If you want to get ahead in the jungle, wear a hat; Laura Davis discovers a few tips for monkey business in the wild