Ichneumia albicauda (carnivore)

Mass: 3.4 kg based on Streicher et al. 2020, Stuart 1981, and Ikeda et al. 1983

Diet: carnivore based on Stuart 1981; invertivore-carnivore based on Al-Safadi 1995

Abundance: 0.02 to 4.16% (median 1.02%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 25.5°

Habitats: (5), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)

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Found in 19 samples

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Kenya: Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene)

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Bethlehem, Kloof/Hillcrest

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tliā€™ika, Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 4) (Late Pleistocene)

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

Uganda: Nile Delta

United Arab Emirates: Early ed-Dur (50 BC - 150 AD) (Holocene)

Yemen: Hawf

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass4500 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass4000 kgN = 1Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass2949 kgN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ body mass2600 kgN = 1Ikeda et al. 1983
♂ body mass4600 kgN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ body mass2452 kgN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ body mass3500 kgN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ ear length40 mmN = 9Stuart 1981
♂ ear length36 mmN = 1Ikeda et al. 1983
♂ ear length35 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ ear length38 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ ear length40 mmN = 8Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length563 mmN = 8Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length541 mmN = 1Ikeda et al. 1983
♂ head and body length580 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length600 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length564 mmN = 9Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length127 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length109 mmN = 1Ikeda et al. 1983
♂ hind foot length125 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length135 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length128 mmN = 8Stuart 1981
♀ tail length417 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♂ tail length373 mmN = 1Ikeda et al. 1983
♂ tail length385 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ tail length410 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ tail length420 mmN = 9Stuart 1981

See also Ichneumia, Ichneumia sp.