Latitudinal range: -34.5° to 2.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

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Found in 16 samples

Kenya: Kanapoi (Early Pliocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park

South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Die Kelders Cave 1 (Layer 10) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 1 (Early Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 2 (Early Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 3 (Early Pleistocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

See also Parahyaena brunnea, Parahyaena howelli