Bates's Slit-faced Bat is a small bat recorded in African forests and forest-savanna mosaics. It often roosts in hollow trees by day and forages in the forest understory.
The dorsal fur ranges from medium or rusty brown to dark brown, while the underside is paler. Its ears are broad and rounded, and its noseleaf has a longitudinal cleft bordered by fleshy outgrowths.
Its preferred day roosts are standing hollow trees with an opening near the trunk base. It gleans prey from vegetation and probably the ground, but its diet has not been identified; the account suggests soft-bodied arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.