This bat is recorded from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Its fur is dark gray to dark brown, with a paler underside. Many individuals, especially adult males, have reddish or yellow shoulder patches. It mainly eats fruit.
The fur is dark gray to dark brown and paler underneath. Reddish or yellow shoulder patches occur in many individuals, especially adult males.
The species account lists fruit from plants in the nightshade and pepper families among its main foods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.