Alan Davidson

Bushpig

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Food
Oxford Companion to Food

By Alan Davidson

Published 2014

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bushpig Potamochoerus porcus, an African animal which belongs to the pig family, Suidae, and is related to the larger warthog. The bushpig is also known as Red River hog in W. Africa and sometimes as bosvark in S. Africa.

The meat of this animal, like that of the warthog, can be cooked like pork but does not taste like pork.

© the Estate of Alan Davidson 1999, 2006, 2014 © in the Editor’s contribution to the second and third editions, Oxford University Press 2006, 2014.