What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Angolan rousette been recorded?

Myonycteris angolensis occurrence evidence comes from 568 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1950 to 2025. Most records come from Uganda.

MammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaeMyonycteris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

568 records across 17 countries and territories, 1950–2025.

Myonycteris angolensis · GBIF taxon key 10817872

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19502025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Angolan rousette has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Angolan rousette. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 213
Tanzania 67
Burundi 60
DR Congo 60
Rwanda 44
Kenya 39
Sudan 20
Côte d'Ivoire 19
Cameroon 14
Mozambique 13
South Sudan 9
Ethiopia 3
Malawi 2
Togo 2
Guinea 1
Equatorial Guinea 1
Zambia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.