Mass: 465 g based on Maddock 1989

Abundance: 0.01 to 7.31% (median 0.61%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 12.9°

Habitats: (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)

Found in 13 samples

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

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli’ika, Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 1b) (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

♀ body mass	420 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	370 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	350 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	400 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	530 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	340 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	700 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	800 g	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ ear length	22 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length	330 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length	56 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ tail length	255 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981

See also Herpestes, Herpestes ichneumon, Herpestes pulverulentus, Herpestes sp.