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River Hogs are pigs that appear in the Jungle Emperor universe.
Description[]
The red river hog has striking orange to reddish-brown fur, with black legs and a tufted white stripe along the spine. Adults have white markings around the eyes and on the cheeks and jaws; the rest of the muzzle and face are a contrasting black. The fur on the jaw and the flanks is longer than that on the body, with the males having especially prominent facial whiskers. Unlike other species of pig native to tropical Africa, the entire body is covered in hair, with no bare skin visible.
Social Characteristics[]
The red river hog lives in rainforests, wet dense savannas, and forested valleys, and near rivers, lakes and marshes. The species' distribution ranges from the Congo area and Gambia to the eastern Congo, southwards to the Kasai and the Congo River. The exact delineation of its range versus that of the bushpig is unclear; but in broad terms, the red river hog occupies western and central Africa, and the bushpig occupies eastern and southern Africa.[3] Where the two meet, they are sometimes said to interbreed,[4] although other authorities dispute this.[3] Although numerous subspecies have been identified in the past, none are currently recognised.[3] The species is omnivorous, eating mainly roots and tubers, and supplements its diet with fruit, grasses, herbs, eggs, dead animal and plant remains, insects, and lizards. It uses its large muzzle to snuffle about in the soil in search of food, as well as scraping the ground with their tusks and fore-feet. They can cause damage to agricultural crops, such as cassava and yams.[3]
Red river hogs are often active during the day, but are primarily nocturnal or crepuscular.[5] They typically live in small groups of approximately six to ten animals, composed of a single adult male, and a number of adult females and their young.[3] However, much larger groups, some with over 30 individuals, have been noted in particularly favourable habitats.[6] The boar defends its harem aggressively against predators, with leopards being a particularly common threat.[7]
They communicate almost continuously with grunts and squeals with a repertoire that can signal alarm, distress, or passive contact.[2]
In the Universe[]
Trivia[]
- In real life, Red River hogs didn't have tusks unlike the ones in the 1965 series.
- Much like Mandrills, Okapis, African Penguins, Camels, Lemurs and Meerkats(although those came from different parts of Africa), Red River Hogs aren't found in East Africa(the setting of the franchise), they are only found in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.
- In Restaurant Trouble, a group of Aardvarks as mistaken for them.