Abundance: 0.02 to 84.40% (median 4.42%)

Habitats: (11), montane grassland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (13), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

Found in 42 samples

Bangladesh: Rajbari

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash)

Central African Republic: Salo2 (bats)

China: Macau

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Durba

Equatorial Guinea: Mount Nimba (dry season), Mount Nimba (wet season)

Guinea: Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon

India: Kudremukh National Park

Indonesia: Kampung Pasir Putih, Braholo Cave (Excavation Unit G6, Assemblage 2), Braholo Cave (Excavation Unit G6, Assemblage 1)

Israel: Qesem Cave (Concentration 2)

Kenya: Mount Kilimanjaro (home gardens), Kapsomin

Liberia: Voinjama, Gola 2

Madagascar: Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park (July), Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park (October), Nosy Be, Montagne des Français

Malaysia: Lambir Hills National Park (primary forests), Lambir Hills National Park (secondary forests), Lambir Hills National Park (orchards), Wang Kelian State Park (bats, October/November 2011), Kuala Lompat (subcanopy)

Nigeria: Orashi, Amurum Forest Reserve (farmland), Amurum Forest Reserve (gallery forest), Amurum Forest Reserve (rocky outcrop), Amurum Forest Reserve (savannah)

Papua New Guinea: Balof Shelter (Horizon I), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 3), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 4), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 5), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 7), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 6)

Philippines: Mount Banahaw–San Cristobal National Park (lowland forest)

Tanzania: Mahenge Scarp Forest Reserve, Kazimzumbwi

Vietnam: Kim Hy Nature Reserve (primary forest), Kim Hy Nature Reserve (agriculture/degraded forest)

See also Rousettus aegyptiacus, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus lanosus, Rousettus leschenaultii, Rousettus madagascariensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus spinalatus