Abundance: 0.05 to 31.62% (median 0.45%)
Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 33.6°Habitats: (22), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (3), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (12)
Found in 50 samples
Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)
Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)
India: Similipal Tiger Reserve (camera traps), Bharatpur and Jagannathprasad, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (good habitat area), Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (poor habitat area)
Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL3) (Holocene), Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)
Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene)
Mauritania: Dhar Tichitt Site 38 (Holocene)
Morocco: Grotte des Rhinocéros (lower set) (Middle Pleistocene), Grotte des Rhinocéros (upper set) (Middle Pleistocene), Thomas Quarry Hominid Cave (Middle Pleistocene)
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region
Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains
Senegal: Drambos Cave
South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M1) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M2) (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Mike) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)
Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2013 - 2014), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika
Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Yemen: Hawf
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
See also Mellivora capensis