Abundance: 0.01 to 32.61% (median 1.25%)
Latitudinal range: -27.6° to 52.5°Habitats: (66), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)
Found in 77 samples
Bulgaria: Redaka II (Late Pleistocene)
Cambodia: Boh Dambang (Late Pleistocene)
China: Songhua River (Late Pleistocene), Mocun Cave (Late Pleistocene), Xiao Midi (Late Pleistocene), Ganxian Cave (Middle Pleistocene)
Eritrea: Uadi Aalad (Early Pleistocene)
Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)
France: Grotte du Bison (Level I) (Late Pleistocene), Mas d'Azil (Late Pleistocene), Les Auzières 2 (Late Pleistocene), Les Canalettes (Layer 3) (Late Pleistocene), Les Canalettes (Layer 4) (Late Pleistocene), Vergisson II (Late Pleistocene), Payre (ensemble G) (Middle Pleistocene), Payre (ensemble F) (Middle Pleistocene), Payre (ensemble D) (Late Pleistocene), Les Pradelles (level 9) (Late Pleistocene), Les Pradelles (level 10) (Late Pleistocene), Lunel-Viel (level 9) (Middle Pleistocene)
Ghana: Mole National Park
Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene)
Israel: Manot Cave (Area D, Biogenic Unit) (Late Pleistocene), Oumm Qatafa Cave (layer D2) (Middle Pleistocene)
Italy: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.2) (Late Pleistocene), Cava Muracci (Late Pleistocene), San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-I) (Late Pleistocene), San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-II) (Late Pleistocene), Canale delle Acque Alte (Layer D-E3) (Late Pleistocene), La Sassa Cave (Late Pleistocene), Grotta Cucgiliana (Late Pleistocene), Casal de'Pazzi (Middle Pleistocene)
Kenya: Wadh Lang'o (Elmenteitan) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene), Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene), Kantis Fossil Site (Late Pliocene)
Morocco: Gazelle Cave (lower level) (Late Pleistocene), Gazelle Cave (upper level) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 3) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (lower set) (Middle Pleistocene)
Namibia: Waterberg Escarpment, Etosha Region
Poland: Raj Cave (layer 4) (Late Pleistocene), Raj Cave (layer 6) (Late Pleistocene)
Portugal: Foz do Enxarrique (Late Pleistocene), Gruta de Figueira Brava (Area C) (Late Pleistocene)
Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park
Russia: Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 6) (Late Pleistocene)
Saudi Arabia: Ti's al Ghadah (Middle Pleistocene)
Senegal: Drambos Cave
South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)
Spain: Abric Romaní (Level Jb) (Late Pleistocene), Cueva de Nerja (Last Glacial Maximum) (Late Pleistocene), Gran Dolina (TD6.3) (Early Pleistocene)
Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika, Ewass Oldupa (Trench 2) (Early Pleistocene), Ewass Oldupa (Trench 3) (Early Pleistocene), Ewass Oldupa (Trench 5) (Early Pleistocene)
Uganda: Nile Delta
Ukraine: Prolom II (Late Pleistocene)
United Kingdom: Lynford Quarry (Late Pleistocene)
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
See also Crocuta crocuta, Crocuta intermedia, Crocuta sp., Crocuta spelaea, Crocuta ultima