This fruit-eating bat occurs in several countries of northwestern South America. One diet study was conducted in montane forest in central Peru.
Head-and-body length is 77–105 mm and weight is 36–59 g. The back ranges from buffy to dark brown, while the underparts are paler greyish brown to light brown.
It feeds mainly on fruit.
It is nocturnal and rests in large, shallow caves and leafy tangles.
The noseleaf is large and spear-shaped, with its lower rim free from the face. The ears are large and rounded.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.