Specimen caught by Messrs. Yalden, Largen and King of the Great Abbai Expedition, using a hand-held mist net. The bat was flying after dark over the river Nile, near its north bank, at a height of about one metre. The surrounding habitat comprised mainly maize plots and thick bush. The specimen was photographed whilst still alive.

Hill, J.E. & Morris, P., 1971. Bats from Ethiopia collected by the Great Abbai Expedition 1968. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 21(2), 27-49, 23 plates.