Ecologist - Writer - Photographer
Common Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, camera trap

Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus). Remote camera trap image. Southern African subspecies (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii). One of the toughest and most widespread inhabitants of the African savanna habitat. Pigs (Family Suidae) are some of the most opportunistic and general animals in terms of diet, and I have camera trap images of warthogs feeding on an antelope carcass (see my Africa Geographic article in Magazine Articles+). Never mind the fact that they ate one of my mongooses...

Location: Northern Cape, South Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist

Common Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, camera trap

Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus). Remote camera trap image. Southern African subspecies (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii). One of the toughest and most widespread inhabitants of the African savanna habitat. Pigs (Family Suidae) are some of the most opportunistic and general animals in terms of diet, and I have camera trap images of warthogs feeding on an antelope carcass (see my Africa Geographic article in Magazine Articles+). Never mind the fact that they ate one of my mongooses...

Location: Northern Cape, South Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist