Peters's epauletted fruit bat flies through southern African savanna and riverine forest, feeding on fruit. It travels to fruiting trees at night.
Its muzzle is narrower than that of the similar E. wahlbergi, and it has two ridges behind the upper molars.
It roosts alone or in small groups among the dense leaves of large trees and may fly several kilometers each night to fruiting trees. Figs are an important food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.