The eastern greenish-yellow bat ranges from greenish to medium brown above, with a pale yellowish underside. In Malawi it is recorded in miombo woodland, riverine forest, and farmland retaining vegetation.
Mammals of Malawi describes the back as greenish to medium brown, the underside as yellowish, white, or pale brown, and the wings as dark brown; the sexes look alike.
In Malawi it is recorded in open and closed miombo woodland, riverine forest, and farmland retaining vegetation. Hollow-tree roosts are reported in South Africa, but its day roost in Malawi is unknown.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.