Rhinolophus kahuzi is known from the slopes of Mount Kahuzi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The single specimen used in its description had dark smoky-brown fur and large ears with 11 internal folds.
The 2013 description of the subadult male holotype records dark smoky-brown dorsal fur and a slightly paler, grayer underside. The pelage was somewhat woolly, and the large ears had 11 internal folds.
On 28 July 2007, the subadult male holotype was collected in mixed Afrocarpus and Nuxia forest on the western slope of Mount Kahuzi.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.