So What About The Bushpig Name?
You may have noticed when researching a bushpig hunt that some outfitters have the scientific name as Potamochoerus larvatus and others have it as Potamochoerus porcus, which is the scientific name of the Red River Hog. At one time these pigs were thought to be one and the same animal. They are closely related but were determined to be separate subspecies in 1993.