This horseshoe bat varies in color among islands and subspecies. On Timor, subspecies parvus has a cinnamon-brown back and fawn underside. Four subspecies are recorded across the Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
On Timor, subspecies parvus is described with cinnamon-brown dorsal fur and a fawn underside. A pale patch behind the ear is reported as apparently present.
The specific habitat record is open woodland at about 500 m on Savu Island. It falls within the range of subspecies amiri and does not establish a habitat shared across all islands.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.