Mass: 12 kg based on Mori et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.04 to 26.57% (median 3.12%)

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 36.5°

Habitats: (14), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

Found in 27 samples

Algeria: Gueldaman Cave GLD1 (UA3) (Holocene)

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L s1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 3) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (lower set) (Middle Pleistocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (upper set) (Middle Pleistocene), Thomas Quarry Hominid Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2)

Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)

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

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

Tunisia: Doukanet el Khoutifa (Holocene), Zita Area III, Square I (Pre-Roman period) (Holocene)

Uganda: Nile Delta

♀ body mass	12400 kg	N = 20	Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass	11300 kg	N = 27	Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass	10500 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♀ body mass	13000 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	11600 kg	N = 30	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	11800 kg	N = 11	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	9500 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	10000 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	13500 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	14000 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	10300 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015
♂ body mass	14500 kg	N = 1	Mori et al. 2015

See also Hystrix, Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix brachyura, Hystrix crassispinis, Hystrix indica, Hystrix kiangsenensis, Hystrix primigenia, Hystrix refossa, Hystrix sp., Hystrix sp. 1, Hystrix sp. 2, Hystrix spp.