Warthogs are medium-sized wild pigs, typically characterized by their large heads, short necks and powerful, agile bodies covered with coarse, bristles.
Bristles are black or white on gray skin.
Their eyes are small, with long, expressive ears. Their prominent snouts end with flatten, disk-like noses and they possess two sets of distinctive tusks. Their long tasseled tails, used as fly swatters and to signal moods, are held upright when running. Males are generally larger than sows with more pronounced warts and tusks. Warthogs are found in savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa.