Eidolon helvum is the most widely distributed African fruit bat. It occurs in most of the subsaharan African continent in forest and savannah zones, the southwestern Arabian penninsula, and Madagascar. A good portion of southern Africa south of Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique is used for migration purposes. (Smithers and Reay H.N., 1983)

 

Biogeographic Regions: Ethiopian; Ethiopian :: Native