Mass: 7.7 kg based on Begg et al. 2005 and Stuart 1981

Diet: carnivore based on Begg et al. 2005; carnivore-invertivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.05 to 31.62% (median 0.45%)

Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 33.6°

Habitats: (22), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (3), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (12)

Found in 50 samples

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

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

India: Similipal Tiger Reserve (camera traps), Bharatpur and Jagannathprasad, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (good habitat area), Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (poor habitat area)

Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL3) (Holocene), Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene)

Mauritania: Dhar Tichitt Site 38 (Holocene)

Morocco: Grotte des Rhinocéros (lower set) (Middle Pleistocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (upper set) (Middle Pleistocene), Thomas Quarry Hominid Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M1) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M2) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Mike) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2013 - 2014), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli’ika

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Yemen: Hawf

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

♀ body mass	6200 kg	N = 9	Begg et al. 2005
♀ body mass	8000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ body mass	9400 kg	N = 6	Begg et al. 2005
♂ body mass	10900 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ body mass	12000 kg	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♀ ear length	34 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♀ ear length	40 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ ear length	20 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ ear length	30 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length	663 mm	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length	832 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length	108 mm	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length	116 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♀ skull length	133 mm	N = 1	Stuart 1981
♂ skull length	139 mm	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♀ tail length	185 mm	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♂ tail length	165 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981

See also Mellivora