This tailless bat is known from upper montane forest in Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. A specialist paper also raises the possibility that its range extends into Bolivia.
Within Anoura, it is characterized by a large forearm and skull and a poorly developed membrane between the hind legs.
A specialist paper reports it from upper montane forest in Manu Biosphere Reserve, Cusco, and notes that it may also occur in Bolivia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.