The head is narrow with a pointed muzzle and variable colouring round the eyes.

[3] The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi.

During the day it sleeps in a nest made of dense vegetation or leaves some 5 to 40 m (16 to 131 ft) off the ground.

At night it forages for insects, mostly beetles and moths, and also feeds on fruit and gum exudate.

The female will often hide the baby in the undergrowth during the night while she forages and take it back to the nest in the morning.