It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. In Costa Rica it was captured at moist premontane forest edges and in secondary-forest remnants.
In Costa Rica and Panama, the back is dark grayish brown with frosted-looking hair tips. Pale facial stripes are narrow and may be indistinct.
At San Luis, Costa Rica, it was caught at edges of premontane moist forest and secondary-forest remnants. Every A. toltecus fecal sample examined contained Piper seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.