Maclaud's horseshoe bat is known from Guinea. A 2002 revision compiled a small number of records in a narrow area extending inland from the coast.
Its noseleaf has a broad, forward-tilted sella whose basal lobes form a heart-shaped cup that almost covers the nostrils.
It mainly roosts in caves by day and has been found alone or in groups of up to six. One animal was also caught in a house.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.