This small bat occurs in northern South America. Its pale yellowish-buff fur is a useful identification clue.
The key to South American Rhogeessa identifies R. minutilla by its pale yellowish-buff color. The genus has well-developed glands beside the nose, giving the snout a puffy appearance.
Day roosts of the nominate subspecies are unknown. For the subspecies R. m. cautiva, cavities in dead branches of columnar cacti have been recorded as day roosts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.