This small horseshoe bat was studied in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The examined specimens averaged about 68 mm in total length, with pale gray or brown backs and whitish bellies. Described as a separate species in 2018, its boundary with related bats has since been questioned.
In the Gorongosa National Park specimens examined for the original description, mean total length was 67.6±3.8 mm (n=15), mean forearm length 41.3±1.6 mm (n=15), and mean mass 5.6±0.5 g (n=15). The back is light grayish or light brownish, and the underside is paler, becoming whitish toward the middle of the belly. The noseleaf tip is roughly triangular and the ears are short.
Calls recorded in Gorongosa National Park have frequency-modulated sections around a nearly constant-frequency section (FM/CF/FM). The original description measured a mean CF peak frequency of 106.2±1.5 kHz (n=16, range 103.5–107.8 kHz); HMW9 summarizes it as a mean of 106 kHz, range 104–108 kHz. These are park records, not a call range for the whole species distribution. The sources read do not report food, roosts, or breeding.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.