Mass: 2.9 kg based on Maddock 1989, Streicher et al. 2020, and Stuart 1981

Diet: carnivore-insectivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.01 to 6.77% (median 0.35%)

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 33.9°

Habitats: (11), Mediterranean woodland (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

Found in 17 samples

Israel: Shikma Biosphere Zone (summer), Shikma Biosphere Zone (winter), Yiftah'el (Holocene), El-Wad Cave (Early Natufian) (Late Pleistocene)

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 3) (Pleistocene - Holocene)

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 3 (Middle Pleistocene)

Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)

Uganda: Nile Delta

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

♀ body mass	2160 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2550 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2590 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2950 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	3160 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2490 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2780 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2610 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2600 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	3060 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2250 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2550 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	2950 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♀ body mass	3750 kg	N = 1	Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass	3570 kg	N = 1	Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass	2030 kg	N = 1	Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass	2200 kg	N = 1	Streicher et al. 2020
♀ body mass	2810 kg	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♂ body mass	3700 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3190 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3150 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3500 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3350 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3260 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	3900 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	2770 kg	N = 1	Maddock 1989
♂ body mass	2090 kg	N = 1	Streicher et al. 2020
♂ body mass	3067 kg	N = 3	Stuart 1981
♀ ear length	36 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♂ ear length	32 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length	549 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length	583 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length	96 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length	99 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♀ tail length	484 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981
♂ tail length	513 mm	N = 4	Stuart 1981

See also Herpestes, Herpestes pulverulentus, Herpestes sanguineus, Herpestes sp.