This fruit bat occurs in the tropical rainforests of Central Africa. Its coat is reddish brown to sepia, with white markings on the nose and behind the eyes.
The face has white markings on the nose and behind the eyes, and the body fur is reddish brown to sepia.
A 2015 study records the western subspecies in tropical rainforest of southern Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, and another subspecies in rainforest of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.