Raphicerus campestris (ungulate)

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)

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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

Size measurements:
♂ body mass9000 kgN = 1Cloete 1986
♂ body mass9400 kgN = 1Cloete 1986
body mass10700 kgN = 1Clauss et al. 2008

See also Raphicerus, Raphicerus melanotis, Raphicerus sharpei, Raphicerus sp.