This bat has short, rounded wings, a large noseleaf, gray to gray-brown dorsal fur and a paler underside. It is recorded in southern African wooded savanna and riverine forest and feeds mainly on moths.
It has short, rounded wings, relatively small ears and a large noseleaf with two lateral leaflets. The coat is gray to gray-brown; an orange morph has bright-orange or rusty-brown dorsal fur and a paler underside.
It uses wooded savanna and riparian forest and is described as avoiding rainforest. It eats insects, mainly moths, and roosts by day in caves, tree holes and old mines.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.