Distribution. Widely in S Africa, but N & W boundaries are not yet known; known to occur in S DR Congo, W Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Swaziland. A species morphologically identical to Ä caffer occurs widely in East Africa but whether this refers to H. caffer or H. tephrus has not yet been established. in Hipposideridae - Don E. Wilson (Lynx Edicions, 2019)