Mass: 5.2 kg based on Anadu et al. 1988

Abundance: 0.10 to 22.22% (median 0.56%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 18.1°

Habitats: (12), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

Found in 19 samples

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Upper Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

Mali: Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 3) (Holocene), Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 4) (Holocene), Tongo Maaré Diabal (Horizon 5) (Holocene)

Republic of the Congo: Kouilou Département

South Africa: Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene)

Sudan: Affad 23 (Late Pleistocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana Forest (2013)

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

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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

body mass

5200 kg

(N = 7)

based on Anadu et al. 1988

See also Thryonomys, Thryonomys gregorianus, Thryonomys sp.