Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Mellivora Capensis
- Weight (Female)
- 12 kg
- Weight (Male)
- 12 kg
- Length (Female)
- 95 cm
- Length (Male)
- 95 cm
- Gestation Period
- 6 months
- No of Young
- 2 young
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Breeding
- Usually 2 young are born between October and January after a gestation period of ± 6 months.
Spoor Description 5 toes on the fore- and hind-feet; the claws on front feet are elongated and powerfully built, reaching a length of 35 mm. Those on the back feet are much shorter and more lightly built. The front claws are built like curved knives, broader on their top edges and sharp and knife-like below. The claws on the back feet lack the knife edge and are broad and hollowed out underneath. The intermediate pads are fused, and a proximal pad on each of the fore- and hind-feet is characteristic of its spoor. On very firm mud the proximal pads may not be very distinct.
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