It lives in savannas and sparse forests in Africa. Instead of fighting an enemy, warthogs will generally run away and often hide in an abandoned aardvark den.
Females also use old aardvark dens to nest in and raise their young.
The adult female is called a sow . The adult male is called a boar . A baby is called a piglet . The warthog has a long, shovel-shaped head with four sharp, short tusks coming out from the sides of the snout. They also have large canine teeth.