Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.
The back is reddish-rufous and the belly grey-brown. Its hairs have distinct color bands, and it has a pointed tragus and a high forehead.
In a flight tent, it flew slowly and maneuverably; when perched it curled up with its head upright. The paper reported no Philippine roost records.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.