Mass: 202.0 kg based on Ledger 1964, Sachs 1967 and du Preez 1976

Latitudinal range: -33.4° to 33.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 19 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 9 (Middle Pleistocene)

Ethiopia: Gombore II (Early Pleistocene)

Kenya: Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Mfangano Island (Late Pleistocene), Kibogo (Late Pleistocene)

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

Morocco: Gazelle Cave (upper level) (Late Pleistocene)

South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BP) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2) (Middle Pleistocene)

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene), Makwe Rockshelter 2 (Holocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

♀ body mass	192372 kg	N = 10	Ledger 1964
♀ body mass	163010 kg	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ body mass	243288 kg	N = 10	Ledger 1964
♂ body mass	201120 kg	N = 40	Sachs 1967
♂ body mass	221300 kg	N = 15	du Preez 1976
♀ ear length	195 mm	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ ear length	202 mm	N = 40	Sachs 1967
♂ ear length	191 mm	N = 17	du Preez 1976
♀ head and body length	1759 mm	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length	1872 mm	N = 40	Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length	1947 mm	N = 17	du Preez 1976
♀ hind foot length	489 mm	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length	501 mm	N = 40	Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length	520 mm	N = 17	du Preez 1976
♀ tail length	587 mm	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ tail length	623 mm	N = 40	Sachs 1967
♂ tail length	596 mm	N = 17	du Preez 1976
♀ total body length	2346 mm	N = 11	Sachs 1967
♂ total body length	2495 mm	N = 40	Sachs 1967

See also Connochaetes, Connochaetes gentryi, Connochaetes gnou, Connochaetes sp., Connochaetes tournoueri