Editing Common warthog (section)

{{short description|Wild member of the pig family}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Common warthog
| image = Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) male.jpg
| image_caption= Male ''P. a. sundevallii''<br>[[Tswalu Kalahari Reserve]], [[South Africa]]
| image2 = Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) female.jpg
| image2_caption = Female ''P. a. sundevallii''<br>[[Etosha National Park]], [[Namibia]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=de Jong, Y.A. |author2=Cumming, D. |author3=d'Huart, J. |author4=Butynski, T. |year=2016 |title=''Phacochoerus africanus'' |errata=2017 |page=e.T41768A109669842 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41768A44140445.en |access-date=18 April 2022}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.</ref>
| taxon = Phacochoerus africanus
| authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1788)
| range_map = Distribution P. africanus.svg
| range_map_caption = <div style="padding-left:3px; text-align:left;">{{legend|#a6d67f|border=1px solid #978e73|Distribution of the common warthog}}{{legend|#e2a67f|border=1px solid #978e73|Possible range or accidental records}}</div>
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = 4 sspp.; see [[#Subspecies|text]]
}}

The '''common warthog''' ('''''Phacochoerus africanus''''') is a wild member of the pig family ([[Suidae]]) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name=iucn/><ref name= MSW3>{{MSW3|id=14200022}}</ref> In the past, it was commonly treated as a [[subspecies]] of ''P. aethiopicus'', but today that scientific name is restricted to the [[desert warthog]] of northern [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], and eastern [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{MSW3|id=14200019}}<!-- not same as other MSW3 reference (see ID number). Do not merge--></ref>