Hystrix cristata (rodent)

Mass: 12 kg based on Mori et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.04 to 26.57% (median 3.12%)

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 36.5°

Habitats: (14), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

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Found in 27 samples

Algeria: Gueldaman Cave GLD1 (UA3) (Holocene)

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L s1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 3) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (lower set) (Middle Pleistocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (upper set) (Middle Pleistocene), Thomas Quarry Hominid Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2)

Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika, Luxmanda (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene)

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)

Tunisia: Doukanet el Khoutifa (Holocene), Zita Area III, Square I (Pre-Roman period) (Holocene)

Uganda: Nile Delta

Size measurements:
♀ body mass12400 kgN = 20Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass11300 kgN = 27Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass10500 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass13000 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass11600 kgN = 30Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass11800 kgN = 11Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass9500 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass10000 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass13500 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass14000 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass10300 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass14500 kgN = 1Mori et al. 2015

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