Mass: 5.2 kg based on Anadu et al. 1988

Abundance: 0.10 to 22.22% (median 0.56%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 18.1°

Habitats: (12), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

Found in 19 samples

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; ochre ash), Shum Laka rock shelter (Upper Horizon; ochre ash), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Malawi: Malowa

Mali: Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 3), Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 4), Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 5)

Republic of the Congo: Kouilou Département

South Africa: Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand)

Sudan: Affad 23, Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic)

Tanzania: Mwanihana Forest (2013)

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

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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

body mass

5200 kg

(N = 7)

based on Anadu et al. 1988

See also Thryonomys, Thryonomys gregorianus, Thryonomys sp.