This bat has records from lowland and hill forests and secondary forest on the Malay Peninsula. One record describes it roosting in a tree hollow beside a forest stream.
It closely resembles Arielulus circumdatus, but the checklist reports smaller forearms, post-palatal extension, toothrows, and rostrum in A. societatis.
It has been recorded in primary lowland and hill forests and in secondary forests on the Malay Peninsula. One record found it roosting in a tree-trunk hollow beside a forest stream.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.