Mass: 202 kg based on Ledger 1964, Sachs 1967, and du Preez 1976
Diet: grazer based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990 and Sponheimer et al. 2003; grazer-browser based on Bothma et al. 2004
Abundance: 0.07 to 21.50% (median 1.90%)
Latitudinal range: -33.4° to 33.5°Habitats: (18), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)
Found in 19 samples
Botswana: Moritsane
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 9
Ethiopia: Gombore II
Kenya: Karungu, Mfangano Island, Kibogo
Malawi: Malowa
Morocco: Gazelle Cave (upper level)
South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A), Equus Cave (Unit 1B), Boegoeberg 1, Plovers Lake, Boomplaas Cave (Member BP), Equus Cave (Unit 2A), Equus Cave (Unit 2B), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2)
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan), Makwe Rockshelter 2
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
♀ body mass | 192372 kg | N = 10 | Ledger 1964 |
♀ body mass | 163010 kg | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ body mass | 243288 kg | N = 10 | Ledger 1964 |
♂ body mass | 201120 kg | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ body mass | 221300 kg | N = 15 | du Preez 1976 |
♀ ear length | 195 mm | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ ear length | 202 mm | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ ear length | 191 mm | N = 17 | du Preez 1976 |
♀ head and body length | 1759 mm | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ head and body length | 1872 mm | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ head and body length | 1947 mm | N = 17 | du Preez 1976 |
♀ hind foot length | 489 mm | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ hind foot length | 501 mm | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ hind foot length | 520 mm | N = 17 | du Preez 1976 |
♀ tail length | 587 mm | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ tail length | 623 mm | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ tail length | 596 mm | N = 17 | du Preez 1976 |
♀ total body length | 2346 mm | N = 11 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ total body length | 2495 mm | N = 40 | Sachs 1967 |
See also Connochaetes, Connochaetes gentryi, Connochaetes gnou, Connochaetes sp., Connochaetes tournoueri