Is a medium-sized leaf-nosed bat,The tail is stationed completely within the uropatagium. The lower lip pads form a V and are covered with poorly developed granular warts. The hair color varies with the geography from pale gray or brown to dark black. Tonatia silvicola occupies areas from Nicaragua in Central America to Southern Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay in South America. It lives at altitudes from sea level up to 1,500 km (Medellin 1989).