Phacochoerus africanus; Print; The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland; savanna; and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. 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.; 1700-1880