Mass: 48 kg based on Skinner and Ilani 1979 and Stuart 1981

Diet: carnivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.06 to 4.23% (median 2.09%)

Latitudinal range: -34.5° to -20.5°

Habitats: (11), tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

Found in 15 samples

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park

South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Die Kelders Cave 1 (Layer 10) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 1 (Early Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 2 (Early Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 3 (Early Pleistocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

♀ body mass	42000 kg	N = 4	Skinner and Ilani 1979
♀ body mass	47000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ body mass	47100 kg	N = 8	Skinner and Ilani 1979
♂ body mass	59000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
body mass	42000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
body mass	68000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
body mass	64000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length	1170 mm	N = 4	Skinner and Ilani 1979
♂ head and body length	1230 mm	N = 8	Skinner and Ilani 1979

See also Parahyaena, Parahyaena howelli