Only two widely separated sites are known, in western Ethiopia and northeastern Nigeria. The species is poorly documented, and its roosting habits and everyday life remain largely unknown.
The fur of the original type description was called woolly. A later morphological review examined the holotype's fur characters.
The Ethiopian specimen was caught close above the Blue Nile, with maize fields and thick brush nearby. The Nigerian specimen was captured in savanna near the Benue River. Its roosting habits are unknown.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.