This bat occurs on Grande Comore and Anjouan in the Comoros and in northern Madagascar. Comorian specimens included dark-brown and reddish-brown color phases, and the bats use lava-tube caves and shallow rock shelters as day roosts.
Comorian specimens showed two pelage phases: dark brown and reddish brown. Some colonies were one color, while others included groups of both colors.
It uses lava-tube caves and relatively shallow rock shelters as day roosts. Surveys found both small groups and gatherings of more than 50 bats at different sites.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.