Giant forest hog
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Nguruwe mkubwa (Swahili)
Habitat
Tropical rainforests, moist woodland savannahs
Conservation status
Least concern. However, these animals often live in isolated areas where they may be locally threatened or even extirpated as a result of Habitat loss due to forest clearance, as well as hunting.
Biology
Groups consist of one male and a number of females with their young.
Diorama
1930s
The species, first described in 1904, was named after Richard Meinertzhagen, who, as a British army officer during the colonial era, was actively involved in serious crimes against the indigenous population in Kenya (then known as British East Africa).
Provenance
23 March–10 May 1924, Kijabe, Aberdare Mountain Range, Kenya, Bernard von Wattenwyl