Atilax paludinosus (carnivore)

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)

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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) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)

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

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2850 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass3050 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass2600 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass2140 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass2310 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass2940 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass2760 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass3020 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass2562 kgN = 9Stuart 1981
♂ body mass1850 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♂ body mass3100 kgN = 1Ray 1995
♂ body mass3520 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♂ body mass3500 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♂ body mass2956 kgN = 18Stuart 1981
body mass3000 kgN = 1Bobo et al. 2015
♀ ear length30 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ ear length33 mmN = 1Ray 1995
♂ ear length33 mmN = 21Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length515 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length475 mmN = 1Ray 1995
♂ head and body length554 mmN = 20Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length102 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length112 mmN = 1Ray 1995
♂ hind foot length105 mmN = 22Stuart 1981
♀ skull length106 mmN = 8Stuart 1981
♂ skull length109 mmN = 18Stuart 1981
♀ tail length338 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ tail length355 mmN = 1Ray 1995
♂ tail length355 mmN = 21Stuart 1981

See also Atilax