Latitudinal range: -33.6° to -0.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (5), desert/xeric shrubland (2)

Found in 11 samples

Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2) (Holocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park, Etosha Region

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2) (Middle Pleistocene), Kromdraai B Layer 2 (Early Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli'ika

See also Proteles cristatus, Proteles sp.