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bushpig

British

/ ˈbʊʃˌpɪɡ /

noun

Also called: boschvark. a wild pig, Potamochoerus porcus , inhabiting forests in tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is brown or black, with pale markings on the face

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Remarkably, the bushpig is the only large, wild terrestrial mammal species that has somehow historically crossed the 400-kilometer-wide Mozambique Channel and made it from mainland Africa to the island of Madagascar.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

"Our study establishes that the bushpig was introduced to Madagascar ≈1,000-5,000 years ago from South/South-East Africa," Rasmus states.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

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