This medium-sized bat occurs in the Philippines. A 2014 taxonomic review describes its dorsal fur as pale yellowish brown, the formosus type.
The 2014 species account describes a medium-sized bat with pale yellowish-brown formosus-type dorsal fur.
Earlier Philippine records place the species in primary lowland and montane forests. Separately, the Palawan account notes one UMMZ specimen; the 2004 survey authors did not encounter the bat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.