Mass: 15 kg based on Corbet and Van Aarde 1996

Diet: browser based on Corbet and Van Aarde 1996

Abundance: 0.04 to 25.36% (median 1.57%)

Latitudinal range: -34.4° to -7.8°

Habitats: (27), Mediterranean woodland (2), desert/xeric shrubland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)

Found in 42 samples

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GAP), Sehonghong (GWA), Sehonghong (ALP), Sehonghong (SA), Sehonghong (BARF), Sehonghong (RF), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF), Sehonghong (BAS)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Drakensberg Midlands, Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Bethlehem, Kloof/Hillcrest, Equus Cave (Unit 1A), Equus Cave (Unit 1B), Table Mountain National Park, Plovers Lake, Blombos Cave (Phase M1), Blombos Cave (Phase M3), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Post HP), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Late HP), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Intermediate HP), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLA), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL), Boomplaas Cave (Member CL), Boomplaas Cave (Member BOL), Equus Cave (Unit 2A), Equus Cave (Unit 2B), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2), Haasgat Dumpsite, Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2

Tanzania: Mwanihana

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

body mass

15400 kg

(N = 14)

based on Corbet and Van Aarde 1996

See also Hystrix, Hystrix brachyura, Hystrix crassispinis, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix indica, Hystrix kiangsenensis, Hystrix primigenia, Hystrix refossa, Hystrix sp., Hystrix sp. 1, Hystrix sp. 2, Hystrix spp.