Giant Forest Hog Skull

Giant Forest Hog Skull. Hylochoerus meinertzhageni. Artiodactyl scattered throughout tropical Africa. CAS specimen.

* Size: 17.9 inch (45cm)
* Museum quality replicas are cast in durable Polyurethane resins.
* Made in USA

The Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni – the only member of its genus) is native to wooded habitats in Africa and generally is considered the largest wild member of the Suidae pig family; a few subspecies of the wild boar can reach an even larger size.

Giant Forest Hog males reach up 2.1 m (6.9 ft) in length and 1.1 m (3.6 ft) in height, and may weigh as much as 275 kg (606 lb). Females are smaller than males, and the eastern nominate subspecies is larger than H. m. rimator of Central Africa and H. m. ivoriensis of West Africa.