This free-tailed bat was studied in Madagascar, Mayotte, and Pemba Island, Tanzania. It has dark brown head and back fur, pale areas in the wing membranes, large ears, and wrinkled lips.
The paper describes dark brown fur on the head, shoulders, and back, pale central areas in the wing membranes, large ears, and thick wrinkled lips.
In Madagascar, most recorded daytime roosts were in buildings such as roofs and eaves. One natural roost was found beneath the bark of a dead tree at Kirindy-Mite.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.