Key Identification Features
- This species can be identified by its prominent beard, and individuals sometimes have tassels on their tails.
- They resemble domestic pigs, and can be distinguished by their pointed, tufted ears and a distinctive face marking pattern called a face mask.
- It has a rather flattened head, with distinctive paired protuberances on its face called "warts", and large curving canine teeth that protrude outward as tusks.
- It can be differentiated from the common warthog through a set of distinctive facial features: curled-back tips at the end of the ears, lack of incisors, and a generally larger snout.
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