Subspecies and Distribution. P.l.hassamaHeuglin,1863—EAfrica,withspecimensknownfromEthiopia,SSudan,EDRCongo,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,Kenya,andTanzania. P.l.koiropotamusDesmoulins,1831—lowerCongoRiver(leftbank),Angola,SDRCongo,Zambia,Malawi,Mozambique,Zimbabwe,Botswana,Swaziland,andSouthAfrica. P. l. somaliensis de Beaux, 1924 — Tana, Juba, and Shebelle rivers in NE Kenya and Somalia. The species is also present in Madagascar and the Comoro Is, but their taxonomic situation thereis still unresolved. in Suidae - Don E. Wilson (Lynx Edicions, 2011)