a wild pig, Potamochoerus porcus, inhabiting forests in tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is brown or black, with pale markings on the face
Also called: boschvark
Examples of 'bushpig' in a sentence
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Potential risk factors including crop type, season, and landscape characteristics related to bushpig ecology were tested as explanatory variables.
Ariane Payne, Peter Ogweng, Alfred Ojok, Eric Etter, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, CharlesMasembe, Karl Ståhl, Ferran Jori 2018, 'Comparison of Three Methods to Assess the Potential for Bushpig-Domestic Pig Interactionsat the Wildlife—Livestock Interface in Uganda', Frontiers in Veterinary Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00295/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We used three methods (questionnaires, camera traps, and observations for tracks) to assess bushpig visits to farmland.
Ariane Payne, Peter Ogweng, Alfred Ojok, Eric Etter, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, CharlesMasembe, Karl Ståhl, Ferran Jori 2018, 'Comparison of Three Methods to Assess the Potential for Bushpig-Domestic Pig Interactionsat the Wildlife—Livestock Interface in Uganda', Frontiers in Veterinary Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00295/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)