Distribution. Much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal E to W Ethiopia and S Somalia, and S to NE Namibia and E South Africa, including Bioko, Principe, São Tomé, Annobón, and Unguja (Zanzibar Archipelago) Is; also in Madagascar, Aldabra, Assumption, Comoros (Mayotte I), Mauritius, and Réunion Is. in Family Emballonuridae (Sheath-tailed Bats) - Bonaccorso, Frank (Lyny Edicions, 2019)