There is little information available on the natural history of this poorly known bat. It is a forest dwelling species that closely associated with lowland coastal forests (Doggart et al. 1999). However, many records have been from either coastal forest or riparian forest below 500 m asl (Stanley et al. 2005; Monadjem et al. 2010a,b; but may extend up to 1,100 m asl in the Udzungwa mountains (Stanley et al. 2005) and over 900 m asl in East Usambara mountains (Stanley and Goodman 2011). This bat has also been found in lowland semi-evergreen and sub-montane evergreen forest ranging from 500-800 m asl in Tanzania (Trentin and Rovero 2011). This species appears to roost in caves (Monadjem et al. 2010a), but further information is needed on the roosting habits of this species.

This little-known East African species has been recorded from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania (Bogdanowicz and Owen, 1992, Cockle et al. 1998, Kityo I. 2009), including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and central and northern Mozambique (Monadjem et al. 2010a,b).

There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It has been recorded from some National Parks and Forest Reserves in Tanzania, including the Udzungwa National Park (Stanley et al. 2005) and the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Trentin and Rovero 2011). It has been recorded from within the greater Gorongosa protected area. There is a need to maintain areas of suitable forest habitat for this species. Further research is needed into the species taxonomy, biology and overall natural history.