Mass: 66 kg based on Henschel and Skinner 1987

Diet: carnivore based on Kruuk 1976 and Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.03 to 30.20% (median 0.98%)

Latitudinal range: -27.6° to 34.1°

Habitats: (26), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)

Found in 37 samples

Eritrea: Uadi Aalad (Early Pleistocene)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Manot Cave (Area D, Biogenic Unit) (Late 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)

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)

Namibia: Waterberg Escarpment, Etosha Region

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park

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)

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

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

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

♀ body mass	73000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♀ body mass	81000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♀ body mass	70000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♀ body mass	71000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	64000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	55000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	70000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	63000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	65000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	66000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	60000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987
♂ body mass	56000 kg	N = 1	Henschel and Skinner 1987

See also Crocuta, Crocuta intermedia, Crocuta sp., Crocuta spelaea, Crocuta ultima