Mass: 1.7 kg based on Ikeda et al. 1983, Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011, Stuart 1981, and Palomares and Delibes 1988
Diet: carnivore based on Palomares and Delibes 1994; carnivore-invertivore based on Stuart 1981; insectivore-frugivore based on Santos-Reis et al. 2005
Abundance: 0.59 to 9.40% (median 3.94%)
Latitudinal range: -33.6° to 42.6°Habitats: (1), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)
Found in 12 samples
Mauritania: Dhar Tichitt Site 38
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park
Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains
Senegal: Drambos Cave
South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Bethlehem
Spain: Larraga
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tliāika
Yemen: Hawf
♀ body mass | 1550 kg | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ body mass | 1300 kg | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ body mass | 1529 kg | N = 10 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ body mass | 1633 kg | N = 9 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ body mass | 1420 kg | N = 16 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ body mass | 1791 kg | N = 11 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ body mass | 1750 kg | N = 1 | Palomares and Delibes 1988 |
♂ body mass | 1745 kg | N = 11 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ body mass | 1908 kg | N = 6 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ body mass | 1580 kg | N = 15 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ body mass | 1908 kg | N = 19 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ ear length | 29 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ ear length | 36 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ ear length | 47 mm | N = 16 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 51 mm | N = 23 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 488 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ head and body length | 458 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ head and body length | 484 mm | N = 10 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ head and body length | 452 mm | N = 9 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ head and body length | 477 mm | N = 16 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ head and body length | 503 mm | N = 16 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ head and body length | 507 mm | N = 11 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ head and body length | 471 mm | N = 6 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ head and body length | 492 mm | N = 15 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ head and body length | 514 mm | N = 24 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 78 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ hind foot length | 79 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ hind foot length | 81 mm | N = 18 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ hind foot length | 85 mm | N = 25 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ skull length | 89 mm | N = 6 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 90 mm | N = 12 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 421 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ tail length | 382 mm | N = 1 | Ikeda et al. 1983 |
♀ tail length | 399 mm | N = 10 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ tail length | 389 mm | N = 9 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ tail length | 396 mm | N = 16 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♀ tail length | 433 mm | N = 17 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ tail length | 415 mm | N = 11 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ tail length | 427 mm | N = 6 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ tail length | 419 mm | N = 15 | Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011 |
♂ tail length | 454 mm | N = 25 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Genetta, Genetta angolensis, Genetta maculata, Genetta pardina, Genetta servalina, Genetta sp., Genetta thierryi, Genetta tigrina