Mass: 2.9 kg based on Maddock 1989, Streicher et al. 2020, and Stuart 1981
Diet: carnivore-insectivore based on Stuart 1981
Abundance: 0.01 to 6.77% (median 0.35%)
Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 33.9°Habitats: (11), Mediterranean woodland (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)
Found in 17 samples
Israel: Shikma Biosphere Zone (summer), Shikma Biosphere Zone (winter), Yiftah'el, El-Wad Cave (Early Natufian)
Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L 2), Zouhrah Cave (L 3)
South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Equus Cave (Unit 1A), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD), Equus Cave (Unit 2B), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2, Duinefontein 2 Horizon 3
Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic)
Uganda: Nile Delta
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan)
♀ body mass | 2160 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2550 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2590 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2950 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 3160 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2490 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2780 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2610 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2600 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 3060 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2250 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2550 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2950 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 3750 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 3570 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 2030 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 2200 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 2810 kg | N = 3 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ body mass | 3700 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3190 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3150 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3500 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3350 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3260 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3900 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 2770 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 2090 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♂ body mass | 3067 kg | N = 3 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ ear length | 36 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 32 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 549 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ head and body length | 583 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 96 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ hind foot length | 99 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 484 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ tail length | 513 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Herpestes, Herpestes pulverulentus, Herpestes sanguineus, Herpestes sp.