The large fruit-eating bat is recorded in forested parts of northern South America. A recent study also confirmed specimens from northern Brazil.
It is large, with the base of the noseleaf joining the upper lip, a broad robust snout, brownish wing tips, and visible facial stripes.
Most reported localities are in forested areas. A cave is known as a roost, but the authors caution that cave records alone do not define the species' distribution.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.