In Zimbabwe, mating occurs in May and June, and births in October and November. The gestation period is 171-75 days. The piglets begin to accompany their mother regularly at about 50 days of age and are completely weaned by 21 weeks. The young are temporarily driven away when the female is about to bear a new litter, but they may subsequently rejoin the family. Males separate from their mother by the age of 15 months.
Females stay longer, perhaps in permanent association.
It is widely hunted by people for use as food. It is much less destructive to native crops than are the other wild pigs of Africa. The Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. This document may be used, with this notice included, for noncommercial purposes within a purchasing institution .