Latitudinal range: 2.2° to 16.6°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (4), boreal forest/taiga (1)

Found in 5 samples

Ghana: Mole National Park

Mauritania: Chott Boul (wire-mesh BTS traps)

Nigeria: Zaria

Senegal: Drambos Cave

Uganda: Nile Delta

See also Xerus, Xerus inauris