This horseshoe bat was described from Cyrenaica in northeastern Libya. Surveys recorded roosts in natural caves, underground castle ruins and an abandoned cellar.
The back is brown to gray-brown, the underside grayish beige, and the noseleaf and ears dark brown to gray.
At four sites in northern Cyrenaica, bats roosted in two natural caves, underground castle ruins and an abandoned cellar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.