Proteles cristatus (carnivore)
Mass: 9.1 kg based on Stuart 1981 and van Jaarsveld et al. 1995
Diet: insectivore based on Cooper and Skinner 1979 and Stuart 1981
Abundance: 0.08 to 6.47% (median 0.57%)
Latitudinal range: -33.6° to -0.8°Habitats: (3), desert/xeric shrubland (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)
Found in 10 samples
Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2)
Lesotho: Sehonghong (ALP)
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park, Etosha Region
South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2)
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli’ika
Size measurements:
| ♀ body mass | 7000 kg | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♀ body mass | 9600 kg | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♀ body mass | 9190 kg | N = 4 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♀ body mass | 8670 kg | N = 3 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♀ body mass | 10010 kg | N = 8 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♀ body mass | 8360 kg | N = 4 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♀ body mass | 9180 kg | N = 4 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♂ body mass | 9350 kg | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♂ body mass | 8750 kg | N = 9 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♂ body mass | 9280 kg | N = 12 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♂ body mass | 8810 kg | N = 4 | van Jaarsveld et al. 1995 |
| ♀ ear length | 95 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♂ ear length | 87 mm | N = 8 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♀ head and body length | 670 mm | N = 3 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♂ head and body length | 750 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 151 mm | N = 4 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 146 mm | N = 8 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♀ tail length | 248 mm | N = 3 | Stuart 1981 |
| ♂ tail length | 226 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Proteles
Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)