This bat lives in dry coastal areas of Yemen and southwestern Oman. Its noseleaf has three pointed projections.
The back and underside range from beige to yellowish or brownish gray; the wing membranes are dark brown. The noseleaf and ears are pale pinkish to gray, and the rear noseleaf has three pointed projections.
It inhabits dry coastal xeric shrubland surrounded by Acacia woodland savanna. Foraging has been recorded at water in oases and gardens; one cave-roost record is known from Yemen.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.