This bamboo bat is recorded in Laos and Vietnam. Its head is flattened, and the dorsal hairs are golden red at the base with dark-brown tips.
The head is flattened. Dorsal hairs are golden red at the base and dark brown at the tips; the underside is pale golden brown. The ears are triangular, and the thumbs and feet have fleshy pads.
In northwestern Vietnam, bats were captured near bamboo groves and along forest edges beside rural settlements. The study reports bamboo use at these sites.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.