It is a nocturnal and arboreal species of moist, low-altitude tropical moist forests with an annual rainfall of 1,400 to 3,900 mm. The species prefers high primary forest with numerous tall emergents and palm trees. The species was found in fairly degraded forest habitats in Ghana (Aalangdong 2009). Animals are usually in pairs, although as many as six individuals have been found together.

This species is endemic to the Upper Guinea Rainforest Zone from Ghana (west of the River Volta) to eastern Liberia. In Liberia, the species is apparently limited to the vicinity of the River Cavalla, with only one record from further west in Deaple (at about 07°04’N, 08°33’W) (Kuhn 1966). There are no records of the species from Sierra Leone (Grubb et al. 1998, Schunke and Hutterer 2005), and, likewise, the species has not been recorded east of the Dahomey Gap.

This species likely occurs within a number of protected areas, including Loffa-Mano, Cestos Sankwan and Sapo in Liberia, Tai and Azagny in Côte d'Ivoire, and Nini-Suhien and Bia in Ghana. It has also been found in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve (Kofi Sam et al. 2007) and in the Gyemera Forest Reserve (Ofori et al. 2012) in Ghana. Further research on population trends, abundance and threats is needed.