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Two African bush pigs in their indoor exhibit in the Elephant House in Munich Zoo.
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Sorry, but these are Red River Hogs, Bush Pig is a diffrent species.
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Whoops! I forgot the english name for them, so I looked it up in the Munich Zoo guidebook. They call them bush pigs
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Red River Hogs are indeed sometimes called "Bushpigs", which might have caused the mistake.

Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus)
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