Mass: 7.0 kg based on Moore et al. 2013 and Sargeant and Warner 1972
Diet: carnivore based on Sargeant and Warner 1972 and Azevedo et al. 2006
Abundance: 0.02 to 17.05% (median 0.24%)
Latitudinal range: 19.4° to 46.6°Habitats: (16), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)
Found in 20 samples
Mexico: Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, El Zurdo (Holocene), Cerro Portezuelo (Holocene)
United States: North of the Michigamme Reservoir, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (upper levels) (Pleistocene - Holocene), CA-SLO-585 (Locus 6A, Late Holocene) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), Baker Village (Holocene), Schuiling Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 2) (Holocene), Nugget Canyon, Mojave Desert, Marmes Rockshelter (A6-16 horizon) (Late Pleistocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene)
♀ body mass | 6500 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
♀ body mass | 5700 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
♀ body mass | 7200 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
♀ body mass | 5216 kg | N = 1 | Sargeant and Warner 1972 |
♂ body mass | 11700 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
♂ body mass | 6500 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
♂ body mass | 8000 kg | N = 1 | Moore et al. 2013 |
See also Taxidea