Mass: 129 g based on Jones 1971, Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012, and Stephan et al. 1981
Diet: frugivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002 and Dumont and Nicolay 2006
Abundance: 0.48 to 51.61% (median 7.52%)
Latitudinal range: -8.6° to 9.9°Habitats: (1), montane grassland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)
Found in 16 samples
Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash)
Central African Republic: Salo2 (bats)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Durba
Equatorial Guinea: Mount Nimba (dry season), Mount Nimba (wet season)
Guinea: Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon
Kenya: Mount Kilimanjaro (home gardens)
Nigeria: Orashi, Amurum Forest Reserve (farmland), Amurum Forest Reserve (gallery forest), Amurum Forest Reserve (rocky outcrop), Amurum Forest Reserve (savannah)
Tanzania: Mahenge Scarp Forest Reserve, Kazimzumbwi
| ♀ body mass | 83.4 g | N = 3 | Jones 1971 |
| ♂ body mass | 92.4 g | N = 1 | Jones 1971 |
| ♂ body mass | 170.6 g | N = 1 | Jones 1971 |
| body mass | 140 g | N = 1 | Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012 |
| body mass | 145 g | N = 11 | Stephan et al. 1981 |
See also Rousettus, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus lanosus, Rousettus leschenaultii, Rousettus madagascariensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus spinalatus