Rüppell's horseshoe bat is a nocturnal insect-eater. Caves and rock crevices are reported as roosts.
Its fur is gray to gray-brown. It has the elaborate noseleaf characteristic of horseshoe bats.
It is active at night and eats insects. The treatment associates it with savannas and woodlands and reports caves and rock crevices as roosts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.