Mass: 1.5 kg based on Stout and Sonenshine 1974 and Layne 1958

Diet: carnivore-insectivore based on Azevedo et al. 2006

Abundance: 0.03 to 10.50% (median 0.46%)

Habitats: (28), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (6), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (2)

Found in 40 samples

Canada: Lindsay, Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), St. Brieux (spring 2012), Roussillon, Québec

Mexico: Ajos, Madera West

United States: Rocky River, Boulder County, North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, North of the Michigamme Reservoir, Kleberg County, The Wilds, Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Vess Cave (Late Pleistocene), Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Saber-tooth Cave (Late Pleistocene), Golf Course (Late Pleistocene), Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Cueva Quebrada (Late Pleistocene), CA-SLO-585 (Locus 6A, Late Holocene) (Holocene), Bluegrass (macro) (Holocene), McIntosh (Holocene), Taddlock (Holocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Mykut Rockshelter (Holocene), Black Cat Cave (interior) (Holocene), Coffey (Horizon III-5, 1972-73) (Holocene), Pine Hill (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Jones (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone B) (Holocene), Kathy's Pit (Pleistocene - Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), West of US 287

See also Mephitis, Mephitis macroura, Mephitis sp.