This small cave-roosting bat ranges from southern Mexico to Honduras. Species accounts describe dense whisker-like muzzle hairs, grey to dark-brown fur and forward-pointing ears.
It has dense, conspicuous whisker-like hairs around the muzzle. The fur is grey or dark brown and may be reddish in some regions; the ears are medium-sized and pointed forward, and the eyes are small.
A Mexico species account reports dry deciduous through humid tropical forest and cave colonies. A 2026 Honduran account records roosts in caves and abandoned mines and individuals captured above water.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.