Mass: 9.7 kg based on Cloete 1986 and Clauss et al. 2008
Diet: browser based on Cloete 1986 and du Toit 1993; browser-grazer based on Sponheimer et al. 2003 and Bothma et al. 2004
Abundance: 0.07 to 31.90% (median 1.30%)
Latitudinal range: -34.4° to -0.4°Habitats: (34), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)
Found in 40 samples
Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)
Kenya: Wadh Lang'o (Elmenteitan) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene)
Lesotho: Sehonghong (GAP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (SA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (BAS) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RFS) (Late Pleistocene)
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region
South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M2) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M3) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Spitzkloof A Rockshelter (MIS 3) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Post HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Late HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Intermediate HP) (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Early HP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2) (Middle Pleistocene)
Tanzania: Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene)
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
♂ body mass | 9000 kg | N = 1 | Cloete 1986 |
♂ body mass | 9400 kg | N = 1 | Cloete 1986 |
body mass | 10700 kg | N = 1 | Clauss et al. 2008 |
See also Raphicerus, Raphicerus melanotis, Raphicerus sharpei, Raphicerus sp.