Its dorsal fur is light brown, with the bases of individual hairs darker than their tips.

[1] Its type locality is Sanford's Ranch in Mulo, Kenya, which is to the northwest of Addis Ababa.

[2] It has been documented roosting in limestone-rich coral caves on the eastern coast of the country.

Some Kenyans do not understand that bats are important, and may view them as a nuisance or take direct actions to harm them.

Conversely, this negative perception of the bats may protect them in some way, as one landowner who owned a cave where the African long-fingered bat roosts reported that she did not allow people to enter the cave as she feared it would bring bad omens onto her.