This horseshoe bat is known from a very small area in Nyungwe National Park, southwestern Rwanda. The species treatment lists two localities.
Its soft, woolly fur is dark brown on both back and underside. The ears are medium-length and pointed; the horseshoe-shaped noseleaf has a deep notch in the middle.
It is recorded in montane forest at 1,750–2,512 m. Day roosts are unknown. One pregnant female was collected in late August.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.