Mass: 2.8 kg based on Maddock 1989, Streicher et al. 2020, Stuart 1981, Ray 1995, and Bobo et al. 2015
Diet: carnivore-invertivore based on Stuart 1981, Ray 1995, and Avenant and Nel 1997; invertivore-carnivore based on Ray and Sunquist 2001
Abundance: 0.03 to 12.80% (median 0.48%)
Latitudinal range: -34.3° to 12.9°Habitats: (3), Mediterranean woodland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)
Found in 19 samples
Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest)
Ghana: Mole National Park
Republic of the Congo: Kouilou Département, Forestry Management Unit Ngombé
Senegal: Drambos Cave
South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Plovers Lake, Equus Cave (Unit 2B)
Tanzania: Mwanihana, Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve
Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)
Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
♀ body mass | 2850 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 3050 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2600 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2140 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2310 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♀ body mass | 2940 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 2760 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 3020 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♀ body mass | 2562 kg | N = 9 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ body mass | 1850 kg | N = 1 | Maddock 1989 |
♂ body mass | 3100 kg | N = 1 | Ray 1995 |
♂ body mass | 3520 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♂ body mass | 3500 kg | N = 1 | Streicher et al. 2020 |
♂ body mass | 2956 kg | N = 18 | Stuart 1981 |
body mass | 3000 kg | N = 1 | Bobo et al. 2015 |
♀ ear length | 30 mm | N = 10 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 33 mm | N = 1 | Ray 1995 |
♂ ear length | 33 mm | N = 21 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 515 mm | N = 10 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ head and body length | 475 mm | N = 1 | Ray 1995 |
♂ head and body length | 554 mm | N = 20 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 102 mm | N = 10 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ hind foot length | 112 mm | N = 1 | Ray 1995 |
♂ hind foot length | 105 mm | N = 22 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ skull length | 106 mm | N = 8 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 109 mm | N = 18 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 338 mm | N = 10 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ tail length | 355 mm | N = 1 | Ray 1995 |
♂ tail length | 355 mm | N = 21 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Atilax